Sulphur Canyon: Late/Upper Miocene, California

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri - Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:California County:Ventura
Coordinates: 34.4° North, 119.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:33.9° North, 116.7° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Late/Upper Miocene
Age range of interval:11.60800 - 5.33300 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Modelo
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:diatomaceous "shale"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: diatomaceous shale
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:185676
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2017-05-09 11:01:13 Last modified:2017-05-09 11:01:13
Access level:the public Released:2017-05-09 11:01:13
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

62254. L. R. David. 1943. Miocene Fishes of Southern California. Geological Society of America Special Paper 43:1-187 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]