Crocker Springs (Miocene of the United States)

Also known as UCMP V-311; UCMP V-3101

Where: Kern County, California (35.3° N, 118.5° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 38.2° N, 111.6° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)

• said to be "Upper Miocene" (Wang et al. 1999)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: V. L. VanderHoof. 1931. Borophagus littoralis From the Marine Tertiary of California. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 21(2):15-24 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 19308: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.05.2002

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Taxonomic list

• "no other vertebrate remains"
Mammalia
 Carnivora - Canidae
Borophagus littoralis n. sp. VanderHoof 1931 bone-crushing dog