North Dome (Pliomastodon Locality): Blancan, California

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Mammutidae
Pliomastodon vexillarius n. sp. Matthew 1930
    = Mammut matthewi Osborn 1921
Alroy 2002
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:California County:Fresno
Coordinates: 36.1° North, 120.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.9° North, 119.5° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
*Period:Tertiary *Epoch:Pliocene
Key time interval:Blancan
Age range of interval:4.90000 - 1.80000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:San Joaquin Member:just below Pecten Zone
Local section:Kettl Local bed:3
Local order:bottom to top
Lithology and environment
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Collection methods and comments
Taxonomic list comments:could be in Kings Co.
see Woodring et al. 1941 for stratigraphic position
Metadata
Database number:19699
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Alroy
Research group:vertebrate
Created:1996-08-05 00:00:00 Last modified:2002-06-03 03:27:44
Access level:the public Released:1996-08-05 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

2477. W. D. Matthew. 1930. A Pliocene mastodon skull from California, Pliomastodon vexillarius, n. sp. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 19(16):335-348 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/P. Holroyd]

Secondary references:

6294 J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari]