Rancho Del Rey: Blancan, California
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Odobenidae
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Valenictus chulavistensis n. sp.
Deméré 1994
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60 specimens | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | California | County: | San Diego |
| Coordinates: | 32.6° North, 117.0° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 32.5° North, 116.1° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
Time
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Blancan |
| Age range of interval: | 4.70000 - 1.40000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | coastal 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: | SDNHM 3551 | ||
| Database number: | 178001 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2016-04-13 13:16:41 | Last modified: | 2016-04-13 13:22:04 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-04-13 13:16:41 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 1360. | T. A. Deméré. 1994. Two new species of fossil walruses (Pinnipedia: Odobenidae) from the Upper Pliocene San Diego Formation, California. Proceedings of the San Diego Society of Natural History 29:77-98 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] |