North Dome (Pliomastodon Locality): Blancan, California
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Mammutidae
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Pliomastodon vexillarius n. sp.
Matthew 1930
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= Mammut matthewi
Osborn 1921
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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] |