Old Graham Quarry, Scotts Valley: Tortonian, California
collected by Fran Govean 1998

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Testudines - Dermochelyidae
Psephophorus sp. von Meyer 1847
Mammalia - Sirenia
Sirenia indet. (Illiger 1811)
"sea cows"
Mammalia - Carnivora - Pinnipedia
Pinnipedia indet. Illiger 1811
"pinnipeds"
Mammalia - Perissodactyla
Desmostylia indet. Reinhart 1953
Mammalia - Cetacea
Cetacea indet. Brisson 1762
"whales and dolphins"
Actinopteri - Tetraodontiformes - Diodontidae
Diodontidae indet.
Actinopteri - Labriformes - Labridae
Semicossyphus sp. Günther 1861
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Hemigaleidae
Hemipristis serra Agassiz 1835
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
Galeocerdo sp. Müller and Henle 1837
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Carcharhinus sp. de Blainville 1816
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Isurus oxyrhinchus (Rafinesque 1810)
original and current combination Isurus oxyrinchus
Isurus planus (Agassiz 1856)
Isurus hastalis (Agassiz 1838)
recombined as Carcharodon hastalis
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Odontaspis sp. Agassiz 1838
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Carcharocles megalodon (Agassiz 1835)
recombined as Otodus megalodon
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Myliobatis sp. Cuvier 1816
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:California County:Santa Cruz
Coordinates: 37.1° North, 122.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:36.5° North, 119.2° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Tortonian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Tortonian
Age range of interval:11.62000 - 7.24600 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Santa Margarita
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: poorly lithified sandstone
Environment:coastal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:salvage
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collectors:Fran Govean Collection dates:1998
Collection method comments: Collected by Fran Govean (Petra Paleontology) as part of mitigation work during construction of mini-storage facility.
Metadata
Database number:168017
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2015-04-12 09:45:17 Last modified:2015-04-12 09:45:17
Access level:the public Released:2015-04-12 09:45:17
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

55017. F. A. Perry. 2000. And the results are... (Fossils salvaged during development of the Graham Quarry, Scotts Valley). Monterey Bay Paleontological Society Bulletin 4(3) [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]