Chula Vista (Pliocene of the United States)

Also known as SDMNH 3782 & SDMNH 4198, SDMNH 3468

Where: San Diego County, California (32.6° N, 117.1° W: paleocoordinates 32.5° N, 116.1° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: San Diego Formation, Piacenzian (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore shelf; lithology not reported

• shoreface to middle shelf

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: T. A. Deméré, A. Berta, and M. R. McGowen. 2005. The taxonomic and evolutionary history of modern balaenopteroid mysticetes. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 12(1/2):99-143 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 118208: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 08.10.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Carnivora - Odobenidae
Dusignathus seftoni n. sp.
Dusignathus seftoni n. sp. Deméré 1994 walrus
 Cetacea - Balaenopteridae
"Balaenoptera" cortesi
"Balaenoptera" cortesi rorqual
actually assigned to "Balaenoptera" cortesi var. portisi