Barstow (C.I.T. 494) (Miocene of the United States)

Where: San Bernardino County, California (35.1° N, 117.1° W: paleocoordinates 35.8° N, 114.1° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Barstow Formation, Barstovian (16.3 - 12.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the CIT

Primary reference: B. H. Brattstrom. 1961. Some new fossil tortoises from western North America with remarks on the zoogeography and paleoecology of tortoises. Journal of Paleontology 35(3):543-560 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 99597: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 16.11.2010

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
"Gopherus mohavense" = Gopherus mohavensis, Testudo milleri
"Gopherus mohavense" = Gopherus mohavensis Merriam 1919 gopher tortoise
Testudo milleri Brattstrom 1961 gopher tortoise