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Catalog No. (NMNS-PV-) 16509
Type Status
Class Mammalia
Other Taxonomic Unit Tethytheria
Order Desmostylia
Family Desmostylidae
Genus Desmostylus
Species hesperus
Taxon author(s) Marsh, 1888
Original Description
Related paper
Part(s) Tooth (Mx) frag., Male
Period
Epoch Middle Miocene
Age Late Barstovian
Formation Temblor Fm
Member
Biostratigraphic unit
Absolute Age 13-15 Ma
Country U.S.A.
Prefecture California
City/Town Fresno Co.
Precise Locality
Note Kirkland collection. Sister collection (postcranial bones) is located at LACM.
Condition
Permanent Link https://db.kahaku.go.jp/webmuseum_en/col_c2_02/16509