Where: Los Angeles County, California (33.8° N, 118.3° W: paleocoordinates 33.8° N, 118.3° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: San Pedro Sand Formation, Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHY: Originally listed as "San Pedro"; reinterepreted by Hendy (2021) as "San Pedro Sand". AGE: Originally listed as "Pleistocene"; reinterpreted as Middle Pleistocene by Hendy (2021).
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: W. P. Woodring, M. N. Bramlette, and W. S. W. Kew. 1946. Geology and Paleontology of Palos Verdes Hills, California. US Geological Survey Professional Paper 207:1-145 [M. Uhen/M. Shalap/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 195940: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 31.08.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse | |
Mammuthus sp. Brookes 1828 mammoth |