I-25 South B (Eocene of the United States)
Also known as SDMNH 4607
Where: San Diego County, California (32.7° N, 117.0° W: paleocoordinates 33.4° N, 103.0° W)
When: Mission Valley Formation (Poway Group), Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; poorly lithified, fine-grained sandstone
• The fossiliferous unit overlies what appears to be a terrestrial or near-shore deposit containing terrestrial snails.
• poorly indurated, fine-grained sandstone unit about 3 m thick
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: C. E. Schweitzer and R. M. Feldmann. 2002. New Eocene decapods (Thalassinidea and Brachyura) from Southern California. Journal of Crustacean Biology 22:938-967 [C. Schweitzer/C. Schweitzer]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 200668: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 12.04.2019
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