Half Moon Bay (Miocene of the United States)
Where: San Mateo County, California (37.5° N, 122.4° W: paleocoordinates 37.0° N, 119.9° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)
• no stratigraphic information given except age
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
• no lithological description given
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the MCZ
Primary reference: J. Leidy. 1868. Notice of some extinct cetaceans. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1868:196-197 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 45482: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 25.10.2004
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Taxonomic list
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Mammalia | |
"Delphinus occiduus n. sp." = Lonchodelphis occiduus
"Delphinus occiduus n. sp." = Lonchodelphis occiduus Leidy 1868 toothed whale |