Klipstein Ranch 3: Hemphillian, California

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Megalonychidae
Pliometanastes sp. Hirschfeld and Webb 1968
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:California County:Kern
Coordinates: 35.3° North, 118.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.2° North, 115.7° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Neogene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
*Period:Tertiary *Epoch:Miocene
Key time interval:Hemphillian
Age range of interval:10.30000 - 4.90000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Caliente Member:Upper
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some genera
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:UCMP
Taxonomic list comments:formation apparently is not otherwise exposed in this county, but Klipstein Ranch definitely falls within it
Metadata
Also known as:UCMP V-5684
Database number:19411
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Alroy
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2002-05-15 00:00:00 Last modified:2019-05-28 18:08:33
Access level:the public Released:2002-05-15 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

1919. S. E. Hirschfeld and S. D. Webb. 1968. Plio-Pleistocene Megalonychid Sloths of North America. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum 12(5) [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]