Also known as UCMP V99594

Where: San Mateo County, California (37.1° N, 122.3° W: paleocoordinates 36.3° N, 117.7° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Monterey Formation, Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)

• age determination isn't solid, may also be Serravalian; fossil was found in a clast of Monterey Formation contained in a Plesitocene terrace deposit

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: basinal (); siltstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Reposited in the UCMP

Primary reference: N. D. Pyenson and D. M. Haasi. 2007. Miocene whale-fall from California demostrates that cetacean size did not determine the evolution of modern whale-fall communities. Biology Letters [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/S. Bruning]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 75079: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 19.09.2007

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