Where: Stanislaus County, California (37.6° N, 120.6° W: paleocoordinates 37.5° N, 117.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Mehrten Formation, Late/Upper Miocene to Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 3.6 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the UCMP

Primary reference: J. Biewer, J. Sankey, J. H. Hutchison and D. Garber. 2016. A fossil giant tortoise from the Mehrten Formation of Northern California. PaleoBios 33:1-15 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 183467: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 23.12.2016

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