San Pablo Dam (Miocene of the United States)

Also known as UCMP V-3408

Where: Contra Costa County, California (37.9° N, 122.3° W: paleocoordinates 37.1° N, 117.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Briones Formation, Barstovian (16.0 - 13.6 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the UCMP

Primary reference: V. L. VanderHoof. 1937. A study of the Miocene sirenian Desmostylus. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 24(8):169-262 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 91533: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 01.10.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Pecten (Pseudamusium) peckhami" = Delectopecten peckhami
"Pecten (Pseudamusium) peckhami" = Delectopecten peckhami Gabb 1869 scallop
Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Desmostylidae
Desmostylus hesperus Marsh 1888 desmostylian