Where: Contra Costa County, California (37.9° N, 122.1° W: paleocoordinates 37.3° N, 118.7° 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: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
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: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 159597: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 05.08.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Desmostylus hesperus Marsh 1888 desmostylian |