CAS 1692 (Eocene of the United States)

Where: California (34.7° N, 119.4° W: paleocoordinates 35.0° N, 106.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Eocene (47.8 - 37.7 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: mechanical

Primary reference: J. W. Durham. 1942. Reef corals from the California Middle Eocene. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 23(34):503-510 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 7740: authorized by Linda Ivany, entered by Elizabeth Kowalski on 01.06.2000, edited by Mark Uhen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Leptastreidae
Leptastrea hertleini n. sp. Durham 1942 stony coral