Bengard Ranch: Rancholabrean, California
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Mammutidae
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Mammut pacificus
Dooley et al. 2019
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1 specimen | ||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | California | County: | San Benito |
| Coordinates: | 36.7° North, 121.7° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 36.7° North, 121.7° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | unpublished field data |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Rancholabrean | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.21000 - 0.01400 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | UCMP V6903 | ||
| Database number: | 200322 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2019-03-28 11:58:34 | Last modified: | 2019-03-28 11:58:34 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2019-03-28 11:58:34 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 35474. | A. C. Dooley, E. Scott, J. Green, K. B. Springer, B. S. Booley and G. J. Smith. 2019. Mammut pacificus sp. nov., a newly recognized species of mastodon from the Pleistocene of western North America. PeerJ 7:e6614 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |