Nunes Ranch 1: Messinian, California
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Odobenidae
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cf. Dusignathus santacruzensis
Kellogg 1927
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Repenning and Tedford 1977 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
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Scaldicetus sp.
Du Bus 1867
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| UCMP 83371, 83372 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | California | County: | Marin |
| Coordinates: | 38.1° North, 123.0° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 38.0° North, 120.9° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Messinian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Messinian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 7.24600 - 5.33300 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Purisima | Member: | Drakes Bay | ||
| Stratigraphy comments: Barnes (1977) notes that this collection is from the Almejas Formation, while the UCMP database states that it is from the Drakes Bay. |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | glauconitic sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Museum repositories: | UCMP |
Metadata
| Also known as: | UCMP V6930 | ||
| Database number: | 75783 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-10-29 14:01:36 | Last modified: | 2013-11-07 17:01:51 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-10-29 14:01:36 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 12297. | L. G. Barnes. 1977. Outline of eastern North Pacific fossil cetacean assemblages. Systematic Zoology 25(4):321-343 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 16892 | C. A. Repenning and R. H. Tedford. 1977. Otarioid seals of the Neogene. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 992:1-93 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/P. Holroyd] |