Comanche Point (Miocene of the United States)

Also known as UCMP 3557, UCMP 3558

Where: Kern County, California (35.1° N, 118.8° W: paleocoordinates 35.0° N, 115.7° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Santa Margarita Formation, Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)

• age after Scheirer and Magoon 2007

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; green, white sandstone and green claystone

• green sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Reposited in the UCMP

Primary reference: D. P. Domning. 1978. Sirenian evolution in the North Pacific Ocean. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 118:1-176 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 52210: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 01.08.2005, edited by John Alroy

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudinidae indet.
Testudinidae indet. Batsch 1788 turtle
"cf. Testudo indet."
Mammalia
 Sirenia - Dugongidae
Dusisiren "sp. B"
Dusisiren "sp. B" Domning 1978 dugong
 Carnivora - Odobenidae
Imagotaria sp.
Imagotaria sp. Mitchell 1968 walrus
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equidae indet., Hipparion cf. forcei, "Pliohippus leardi" = Dinohippus leardi
Equidae indet. Gray 1821 horse
Hipparion cf. forcei Richey 1948 hipparionine horse
"Pliohippus leardi" = Dinohippus leardi Drescher 1941 horse
 Placentalia -
Cetacea indet.
Cetacea indet. Brisson 1762 whale
 Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
Ustatochoerus cf. major
Ustatochoerus cf. major Leidy 1858 oreodont
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Camelidae indet.
Camelidae indet. Gray 1821 camel
 Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae
Merycodus sp.
Merycodus sp. Leidy 1854 pronghorn