Also known as Balboa Park, Cabrillo Canyon, 11th Avenue, SDNHM 3397

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

• coordinate estimated from map

When: 5 Member (San Diego Formation), Piacenzian (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

• late Pliocene

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore shelf; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: T. A. Deméré. 1986. The fossil whale, Balaenoptera davidsonii (Cope 1872), with a review of other Neogene species of Balaenoptera (Cetacea: Mysticeti). Marine Mammal Science 2(4):277-298 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 55701: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 03.11.2005

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