Also known as LACM 6688

Where: Kern County, California (35.3° N, 119.3° W: paleocoordinates 34.5° N, 114.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Temblor Formation, Barstovian (16.3 - 12.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; gray lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the LACM

Primary reference: C. Pimiento and M. Balk. 2015. The extinct giant shark Carcharocles megalodon: A model for understanding deep-time body size trends of marine apex predators. [C. Jaramillo/C. Pimiento/C. Pimiento]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 160743: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Catalina Pimiento on 27.08.2014, edited by Jonathan Marcot

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