Carpinteria (Miocene of the United States)

Where: Santa Barbara County, California (34.4° N, 119.5° W: paleocoordinates 33.7° N, 115.1° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: D. S. Jordan and J. Z. Gilbert. 1919. Fossil Fishes of the Miocene (Monterey) Formations. Leland Stanford Junior University Publications, University Series 13-60 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 186026: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 06.06.2017

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Taxonomic list

Actinopteri
 Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei
"Ellimma barbarae n. sp." = Xyrinius barbarae
"Ellimma barbarae n. sp." = Xyrinius barbarae Jordan and Gilbert 1919 herring