Suey Ranch (Miocene of the United States)

Also known as Sulphur Creek

Where: San Luis Obispo County, California (36.0° N, 120.4° W: paleocoordinates 35.3° N, 116.7° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Monterey Formation, Clarendonian (13.6 - 10.3 Ma)

• Tertiary Mammals II states that this locality is Clarendonian.

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, original phosphate

Reposited in the YPM

Primary reference: R. S. Lull. 1914. Fossil dolphin from California. American journal of Science 37:209-220 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 47432: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 24.02.2005

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Taxonomic list

Echinoidea
 Spatangoida - Asterostomatidae
Mammalia
 Cetacea -
Delphinavus newhalli n. gen. n. sp.
Delphinavus newhalli n. gen. n. sp. Lull 1914 toothed whale