Cape Yakataga (Pliocene of the United States)

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
 Carnivora - Phocidae
Phocinae indet. Gray 1821 seal
most similar to Pusa sibirica
 Placentalia -
Cetacea indet. Brisson 1762 whale