Laudate (RAM V98012): Tiffanian, California

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Multituberculata - Neoplagiaulacidae
Neoplagiaulax sp. Lemoine 1882
Mammalia
Peradectes sp. Matthew and Granger 1921
Golerdelphys stocki n. gen., n. sp. Williamson and Lofgren 2014
Williamson and Lofgren 2014 5 specimens
RAM 6432 - tooth (right M2); RAM 6404 (partial talonid of right m2 or m3); RAM 6471 (partial trigonid of right m2 or m3); RAM 6699 (right m2 or m3); RAM 6470 (partial left M3)
Mammalia - Primates - Plesiadapidae
Plesiadapis sp. Gervais 1877
Mammalia - Primates - Paromomyidae
Reptilia
Crocodylia indet. (Owen 1842)
Barboza et al. 2017
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:California County:Kern
Coordinates: 35.6° North, 117.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:42.9° North, 100.8° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Paleocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 1
*Period:Tertiary *Local age/stage:Tiffanian
Key time interval:Tiffanian
Age range of interval:60.90000 - 56.20000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Goler
Local section:Goler Local bed:1
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphy comments: said to be Tiffanian

Lofgren et al. 2014: The mammalian fauna from member 4a and the lower part of member 4b is collectively referred to as the Goler Assemblage. the Goler Assemblage is probably middle Tiffanian (Ti3–Ti4a), although a Ti5a age is also possible.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:fluvial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Taxonomic list comments:not the same as the original Laudate locality (see)
"about the same stratigraphical level" as Laudate
Metadata
Database number:14963
Authorizer:J. Alroy, P. Mannion, P. Holroyd Enterer:J. Alroy, P. Holroyd, P. Mannion
Modifier:G. Varnham Research group:vertebrate
Created:1999-10-13 00:00:00 Last modified:2022-01-31 09:16:26
Access level:the public Released:1999-10-13 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

2257. D. L. Lofgren, M. C. McKenna, and S. L. Walsh. 1999. New records of Torrejonian-Tiffanian mammals from the Paleocene-Eocene Goler formation, California. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 19(3):60A [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]

Secondary references:

61552 M. M. Barboza, J. F. Parham, G.-P. Santos, B. N. Kussman, and J. Velez-Juarbe. 2017. The age of the Oso Member, Capistrano Formation, and a review of fossil crocodylians from California. PaleoBios 34:1-16 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/P. Mannion]
79420 D. Lofgren, M. McKenna, J. Honey, R. Nydam, C. Wheaton, B. Yokote, L. Henn, W. Hanlon, S. Manning and C. McGee. 2014. New Records of Eutherian Mammals from the Goler Formation (Tiffanian, Paleocene) of California and Their Biostratigraphic and Paleobiogeographic Implications. American Museum Novitates 3797:1-57 [P. Mannion/G. Varnham/P. Mannion]
50321 T. E. Williamson and D. L. Lofgren. 2014. Late Paleocene (Tiffanian) metatherians from the Goler Formation, California. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34(2):477-482 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]