Rancho Del Rey, Unit 6a (Pliocene of the United States)

Also known as SDNHM 4392

Where: San Diego County, California (32.6° N, 117.0° W: paleocoordinates 32.5° N, 116.1° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

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

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore shelf; lithology not reported

• shoreface to middle shelf

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. J. El Adli, T. A. Deméré, and R. W. Boessenecker. 2014. Herpetocetus morrowi (Cetacea: Mysticeti), a new species of diminutive baleen whale from the Upper Pliocene (Piacenzian) of California, USA, with observations on the evolution and relationships of the Cetotheriidae. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 170:400-466 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 154935: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 20.03.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Cetotheriidae
Herpetocetus morrowi El Adli et al. 2014 whale