Sulphur Canyon: Late/Upper Miocene, California
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri
- Clupeiformes
- Clupeoidei
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Xyne grex
Jordan and Gilbert 1919
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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] |