Dacelite Quarry: Tortonian, California
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Phocoenidae
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Loxolithax stocktoni n. sp.
Wilson 1973
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1 specimen | ||||||
| recombined as Salumiphocaena stocktoni | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | California | County: | Los Angeles |
| Coordinates: | 33.8° North, 118.3° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 33.3° North, 115.5° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Tortonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Tortonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 11.63000 - 7.24600 m.y. ago |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | diatomaceous "shale" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: diatomite | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original phosphate |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | all microfossils |
| Collection methods: | bulk,surface (in situ),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | UCMP |
Metadata
| Also known as: | UCMP V-36118 | ||
| Database number: | 46066 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-12-28 09:01:09 | Last modified: | 2018-09-07 17:07:06 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-12-28 09:01:09 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 12277. | L. E. Wilson. 1973. A delphinid (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the Miocene of Palos Verdes Hills, California. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 103:1-34 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |