Dacelite Quarry (Miocene of the United States)

Also known as UCMP V-36118

Where: Los Angeles County, California (33.8° N, 118.3° W: paleocoordinates 33.3° N, 115.5° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Valmonte Member (Monterey Formation), Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)

• probably Mohnian

Environment/lithology: marine; diatomaceous shale

• diatomite

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Reposited in the UCMP

Collection methods: bulk, surface (in situ),

Primary reference: L. E. Wilson. 1973. A delphinid (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the Miocene of Palos Verdes Hills, California. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 103:1-34 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 46066: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 28.12.2004

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Phocoenidae
"Loxolithax stocktoni n. sp." = Salumiphocaena stocktoni
"Loxolithax stocktoni n. sp." = Salumiphocaena stocktoni Wilson 1973 porpoise