Also known as UCMP V90042

Where: Santa Cruz County, California (37.0° N, 122.0° W: paleocoordinates 36.6° N, 120.1° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Purisima Formation, Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 Ma)

• latest Miocene

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: foreshore; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. W. Boessenecker and F. A. Perry. 2011. Mammalian bite marks on juvenile fur seal bones from the Late Neogene Purisima Formation of central California. Palaios 26(2):115-120 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taphonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 104808: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 10.02.2011

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