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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea | |
Megapetalus lovenoides heart urchin | |
Mammalia | |
Delphinavus newhalli n. gen. n. sp.
Delphinavus newhalli n. gen. n. sp. Lull 1914 toothed whale |