Woody, southwest: Chattian, California
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Otariidae
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Otariidae indet.
(Gray 1825)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Desmatophocidae
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Allodesmus cf. kernensis
Kellogg 1922
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Phocidae
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Phocidae indet.
(Gray 1821)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| original and current combination Phocadae | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Allodelphinidae
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Allodelphis pratti n. gen., n. sp.
Wilson 1935
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
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Macrodelphinus kelloggi n. gen., n. sp.
Wilson 1935
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Cetotheriidae indet.
(Brandt 1872)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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= Macrodelphinus kelloggi
Wilson 1935
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Barnes 1977 | |||||||||
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Miodelphis californicus n. gen., n. sp.
Wilson 1935
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Eurhinodelphis extensus n. sp.
Wilson 1935
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| synonym of Argyrocetus joaquinensis | ||||||||||
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Doliodelphis littlei n. gen., n. sp.
Wilson 1935
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| synonym of Argyrocetus joaquinensis | ||||||||||
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Acrodelphis bakersfieldensis n. sp.
Wilson 1935
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Argyrocetus bakersfieldensis | ||||||||||
| (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | California | County: | Kern |
| Coordinates: | 35.7° North, 118.9° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.4° North, 109.8° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Oligocene |
| Stage: | Chattian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4 |
| Key time interval: | Chattian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 27.82000 - 23.03000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Jewett | Member: | Pyramid Hill | ||
| Stratigraphy comments: age assignments vary; age after Scheirer and Magoon 2007 |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 58148 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-01-24 09:57:53 | Last modified: | 2019-11-20 14:07:37 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-01-24 09:57:53 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 12749. | L. E. Wilson. 1935. Miocene marine mammals from the Bakersfield region, California. The Peabody Museum of Natural History Bulletin 4:1-143 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 12297 | L. G. Barnes. 1977. Outline of eastern North Pacific fossil cetacean assemblages. Systematic Zoology 25(4):321-343 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 36760 | A. H. Scheirer and L. B. Magoon. 2007. Age, Distribution, and Stratigraphic Relationship of Rock Units in the San Joaquin Basin Province, California. USGS Professional Paper 1713(5):1-107 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |