Five Points Freeway (Pliocene to of the United States)

Also known as Washington Boulevard Freeway

Where: San Diego County, California (32.7° N, 117.2° W: paleocoordinates 32.6° N, 116.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: San Diego Formation, Piacenzian to Piacenzian (3.6 - 1.8 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; sandstone

• clean grey sand

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: L. Miller. 1946. The Lucas Auk appears again. Condor 48(1):32-36 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 120823: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 22.11.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Gnathostomata
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Chondrichthyes indet.
Chondrichthyes indet. Huxley 1880 cartilaginous fish
Aves
 Charadriiformes - Panalcidae
Pliolunda diegense
Pliolunda diegense Miller 1937 shorebird
 Charadriiformes - Alcoidae
Mancalla californiensis, "Brachyramphus pliocenus n. sp." = Brachyramphus pliocenum1
"Brachyramphus pliocenus n. sp." = Brachyramphus pliocenum1 Howard 1949 auk
 Suliformes - Phalacrocoracidae
Phalacrocorax kennelli n. sp.1
Phalacrocorax kennelli n. sp.1 Howard 1949 cormorant
 Procellariiformes - Procellariidae
Puffinus kanakoffi1
Puffinus kanakoffi1 Howard 1949 shearwater
 Colymbiformes - Colymbidae
Colymbus subparvus n. sp.2
Colymbus subparvus n. sp.2 Miller and Bowman 1958 bird
Mammalia
 Placentalia -
Rodentia indet.
Rodentia indet. Bowdich 1821 rodent
 Carnivora -
Pinnipedia indet.
Pinnipedia indet. pinniped
seals
 Placentalia -
Cetacea indet.
Cetacea indet. Brisson 1762 whale
whales
1Howard 1949; 2Miller and Bowman 1958