North Dome (UCMP V-3520): Miocene, California
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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| Zakrzewski 1974 | 2 specimens | ||||||
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= Dolomys sp.
Nehring 1898
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Repenning et al. 1995 | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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| Berta and Morgan 1985 | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | California | County: | Kings |
| Coordinates: | 35.9° North, 120.0° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 38.9° North, 113.2° West (Wright 2013) | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5-6 | ||
| *Period: | Tertiary | ||
| Key time interval: | Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 23.04 - 5.333 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial 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 |
| Taxonomic list comments:from or just above the Littorina zone of Woodring et al. 1940; 950' below Pecten zone "could be latest Miocene or early Pliocene" | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 19461 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, P. Holroyd | Enterer: | J. Alroy, P. Holroyd |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1996-08-05 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1996-08-05 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 2870. | C. A. Repenning. 1976. Enhydra and Enhydriodon from the Pacific Coast of North America. Journal of Research of the United States Geological Survey 4(3):305-315 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 1066 | A. Berta and G. S. Morgan. 1985. A new sea otter (Carnivora: Mustelidae) from the late Miocene and early Pliocene (Hemphillian) of North America. Journal of Paleontology 59(4):809-819 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] | |
| 2878 | C. A. Repenning, T. R. Weasma, and G. R. Scott. 1995. The Early Pleistocene (Latest Blancan-Earliest Irvingtonian) Froman Ferry Fauna and History of the Glenns Ferry Formation, Southwestern Idaho. United States Geological Survey Bulletin 2105:1-86 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] | |
| 86922 | R. J. Zakrzewski. 1974. Fossil Ondatrini from Western North America. Journal of Mammalogy 55(2):284-292 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd] |