Mehrten Formation
32 distinct taxa, from 38 fossil occurrences the Paleobiology Database records under this name, spanning 23–2.6 Mya.
California · US
32 taxa · 38 fossils · 23–2.6 MyaMembers recorded: Upper.
Macrostrat dates this rock 12–3.3 Ma. Macrostrat’s own record
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6 distinct localities, where the rock is now rather than where it was laid down. Tectonics draws the world it belonged to.
When
What has been found
- Hesperotestudo orthopygia
- Camelidae
- Antilocaprinae
- Aphelops
- Archaeolaginae
- Borophagus parvus
- Borophagus secundus
- Citellus (Otospermophilus) argonautus
- Dinohippus interpolatus
- Dipoides vallicula
- Eucyon davisi
- Hemiauchenia edensis
- Hipparionini
- Megalonyx mathisi
- Merycodontinae
- Mustelidae
- Neohipparion eurystyle
- Neohipparion leptode
- Oncorhynchus rastrosus
- Orthodon
- Pediomeryx hemphillensis
- Plesiogulo marshalli
- Pliohippus coalingensis
- Pliohippus tantalus
- Pliometanastes protistus
- Pliotaxidea garberi
- Populus alexanderi
- Proboscidea
- Procyon
- Salix coalingensis
- Tayassuinae
- Teleoceras fossiger
What else lived thenRank the rock of a period
Counts are of occurrence records, which measure the rock and the fieldwork together.