Where: Stanislaus County, California (37.6° N, 120.6° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 39.4° N, 116.9° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Merhten Formation, Late/Upper Hemphillian (9.4 - 4.7 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine - small

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, original carbon

Collection methods: bulk, mechanical,

Primary reference: D.I. Axelrod. 1980. Contributions to the Neogene Paleobotany of Central California. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 121:3-212 [B. Tiffney/J. Fosdick/J. Fosdick]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 35271: authorized by Bruce Tiffney, entered by Julia Fosdick on 21.11.2003

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