Templeton: Langhian, California
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Physeteridae
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Idiophyseter merriami n. gen., n. sp.
Kellogg 1925
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | California | County: | San Luis Obispo |
| Coordinates: | 35.6° North, 120.8° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 34.8° North, 116.1° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Langhian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Langhian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 15.98000 - 13.82000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: deposits appear to be equivalent in time to the Temblor Formation |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | volcaniclastic claystone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: aluminous clay... derived from volcanic detritus of an andesitic nature | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original phosphate |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection |
| Collection size: | 1 specimens |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | UCMP |
Metadata
| Database number: | 45495 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-10-26 06:36:07 | Last modified: | 2020-03-19 18:14:04 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-10-26 06:36:07 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 11906. | R. Kellogg. 1925. Two physeteroid whales from California. Contributions to Palaeontology from the Carnegie Institution of Washington 348(1):1-35 [M. Uhen/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] |