Also known as UCMP V-3512
Where: Santa Clara County, California (37.5° N, 121.8° W: paleocoordinates 36.8° N, 118.4° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Briones Formation, Serravallian to Serravallian (13.8 - 7.2 Ma)
• AGE: edited following EPICC stratigraphic revision [6/13/2020].
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shelly/skeletal limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Reposited in the UCMP
Primary reference: V. L. VanderHoof. 1937. A study of the Miocene sirenian Desmostylus. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 24(8):169-262 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 40517: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 24.06.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Desmostylus hesperus Marsh 1888 desmostylian |