Where: Alaska (60.1° N, 142.4° W: paleocoordinates 60.1° N, 141.6° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Yakataga Formation, Piacenzian (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)
• late Pliocene; 5000 feet below the top of the Yakataga Formation
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Primary reference: C. A. Repenning and R. H. Tedford. 1977. Otarioid seals of the Neogene. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 992:1-93 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/P. Holroyd]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 97627: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 16.08.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
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Cetacea indet. Brisson 1762 whale |