ammonites
Turlock Lake (UCMP V-5836) (Neogene of the United States)

Also known as Modesto Reservoir; Rhino Island (LACM loc. 3942); Rock Point (LACM loc. 3908); Sand Point (LACM loc. 3909); Turlock Lake Site 2 (LACM loc. 3926); UCMP V-5405

Where: Stanislaus County, California (37.6° N, 120.8° W: paleocoordinates 37.5° N, 118.0° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Mehrten Formation, Late/Upper Hemphillian (10.3 - 4.9 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; volcaniclastic, red, argillaceous mudstone

• "flood plain"
• formation is ranges from "fine siltstones to coarse gravels" and Pliotaxidea specimen is from "a small channel deposit of reddish mudstone composed of volcanic ash and clay particles"

Reposited in the UCMP

Primary reference: H. Wagner. 1976. A new species of Pliotaxidea (Mustelidae; Carnivora) from California. Journal of Paleontology 50(1):107-127 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 19582: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993

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