Gaviota State Beach (Pleistocene of the United States)

Also known as USGS 7819

Where: Santa Barbara County, California (34.5° N, 120.2° W: paleocoordinates 34.5° N, 120.2° W)

• coordinate based on unpublished field data

When: Rancholabrean (0.3 - 0.0 Ma)

• 18O substage 5a (80-85 ka BP)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Reposited in the USGS

Primary reference: G. T. Jefferson. 1991. A catalogue of late Quaternary Vertebrates from California: Part Two, Mammals. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Technical Reports 7:1-129 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/P. Holroyd]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 84903: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 17.11.2008

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Enhydra lutris Linnaeus 1758 sea otter