Priest Valley: Barstovian, California
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Desmostylidae
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Desmostylus hesperus
Marsh 1888
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Pecten (Lyropecten) crassicardo
(Conrad 1856)
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Arnold 1906 | ||||||
| recombined as Lyropecten crassicardo | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | California | County: | Monterey |
| Coordinates: | 36.2° North, 120.7° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.4° North, 116.0° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
| Key time interval: | Barstovian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 16.30000 - 12.50000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Vaqueros |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marine 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: | Smith Pinnacle, UCMP V77019 | ||
| Database number: | 91540 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | J. Marcot | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-10-01 07:26:38 | Last modified: | 2020-11-06 15:00:28 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-10-01 07:26:38 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 30804. | T. Shikama. 1966. Postcranial skeletons of Japanese Desmostylia. Palaeontological Society of Japan Special Papers 12:1-202 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 71229 | R. Arnold. 1906. Tertiary and Quaternary pectens of California. USGS Professional Paper 47:1-264 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |