USGS M1107, Peasley Gulch (Miocene of the United States)

Where: Santa Cruz County, California (37.0° N, 122.1° W: paleocoordinates 34.6° N, 117.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Santa Margarita Formation, Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by J.C. Clarke in 1963

Primary reference: J. C. Clark. 1981. Stratigraphy, paleontology, and geology of the Central Santa Cruz Mountains, California Coast Ranges. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1168:1-51 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/R. McClees-Funinan]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 168013: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 11.04.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Sirenia -
Sirenia indet. Illiger 1811 sirenian