Sulphur Canyon (Miocene of the United States)
Where: Ventura County, California (34.4° N, 119.2° W: paleocoordinates 33.9° N, 116.7° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Modelo Formation, Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; diatomaceous shale
• diatomaceous shale
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: L. R. David. 1943. Miocene Fishes of Southern California. Geological Society of America Special Paper 43:1-187 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 185676: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 09.05.2017
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