Hilltop Quarry (Pleistocene of the United States)

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 Formation, Rancholabrean (0.3 - 0.0 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; unlithified sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: G. T. Jefferson. 1991. A catalogue of late Quaternary Vertebrates from California: Part Two, Mammals. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Technical Reports 7:1-129 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/P. Holroyd]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 55763: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 04.11.2005

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Phocidae
Phocidae indet. Gray 1821 seal
 Placentalia -
Cetacea indet. Brisson 1762 whale