Sweetwater Canyon: Zanclean, California
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Thecostraca
- Balanomorpha
- Balanidae
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Tamiosoma sp.
Conrad 1856
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Balanus sp.
Da Costa 1778
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
- Gaviidae
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Gavia concinna n. sp.
Wetmore 1940
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | California | County: | Monterey |
| Coordinates: | 36.2° North, 121.1° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 36.0° North, 119.8° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| Stage: | Zanclean | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Zanclean | ||
| Age range of interval: | 5.33300 - 3.60000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Etchegoin | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: early Pliocene |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Museum repositories: | UCMP |
Metadata
| Also known as: | King City | ||
| Database number: | 125338 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-03-08 09:54:18 | Last modified: | 2020-04-09 15:35:53 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-03-08 09:54:18 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information