Also known as UCMP V-65710
Where: Kern County, California (35.5° N, 117.8° W: paleocoordinates 42.8° N, 100.7° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Goler Formation, Tiffanian (61.7 - 56.8 Ma)
• upper part of formation
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collected by F. E. Corwin in 1954; reposited in the UCMP
Collection methods: surface (float),
Primary reference: R. M. West. 1970. Tetraclaenodon puercensis (Mammalia: Phenacodontidae), Goler Formation, Paleocene of California, and distribution of the genus. Journal of Paleontology 44(5):851-857 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 14817: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 21.09.1998
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
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