Where: Kern County, California (35.5° N, 118.8° W: paleocoordinates 35.2° N, 109.7° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Vedder Formation, Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)
• 75 feed below the top of the Veder zone. The sands of the Vedder zone lie about 1,400 feet below the top of the Temblor Formation. Kellogg (1932) states this is equivalent to the Vaqueros and thus Burdigalian (=Langhian) in age. This is almost certainly wrong. Age after Scheirer and Magoon 2007.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; fine-grained, calcareous sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Primary reference: R. Kellogg. 1932. A Miocene long-beaked porpoise from California. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 87(2):1-11 [M. Uhen/N. Pyenson/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 57789: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 03.01.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
"Pecten bowersi" = Vertipecten bowersi, "Pecten perrini" = Vertipecten perrini
"Pecten bowersi" = Vertipecten bowersi Arnold 1906 scallop
"Pecten perrini" = Vertipecten perrini Arnold 1906 scallop | |
"Ostrea titan" = Crassostrea titan
"Ostrea titan" = Crassostrea titan Conrad 1853 oyster | |
"Phacoides sanctaecrucis" = Miltha (Miltha) sanctaecrucis
"Phacoides sanctaecrucis" = Miltha (Miltha) sanctaecrucis Arnold 1909 clam | |
"Dosinia margaritana" = Dosinia (Dosinidia) margaritana, Chione sp.
"Dosinia margaritana" = Dosinia (Dosinidia) margaritana Wiedey 1928 venus clam
Chione sp. von Mühlfield 1811 venus clam | |
"Cardium vaqueroensis" = Dallocardia vaquerosense
"Cardium vaqueroensis" = Dallocardia vaquerosense Arnold 1908 cockle | |
"Spisula granti" = Hybolophus granti
"Spisula granti" = Hybolophus granti Wiedey 1928 clam | |
Mammalia | |
Argyrocetus joaquinensis n. sp.
Argyrocetus joaquinensis n. sp. Kellogg 1932 toothed whale |