Bakersfiled (Miocene of the United States)

Where: Kern County, California (35.4° N, 119.0° W: paleocoordinates 34.6° N, 114.7° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Temblor Formation, Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Primary reference: T. Shikama. 1966. Postcranial skeletons of Japanese Desmostylia. Palaeontological Society of Japan Special Papers 12:1-202 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 91481: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 29.09.2009

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Desmostylidae
Desmostylus hesperus Marsh 1888 desmostylian