Where: Los Angeles County, California (33.7° N, 118.3° W: paleocoordinates 33.7° N, 118.3° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: San Pedro Sand Formation, Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)

• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: A composite from the San Pedro Sand, but possibly including fossils from the Palos Verdes Sand or Timms Point Silt. AGE: Late Pleistocene, although a Middle Pleistocene-Late Pleistocene age might be applicable. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: A composite from multiple unspecified collections from the San Pedro Sand so assigned a formation stratigraphic resolution.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified sandstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite

Collection methods: COLLECTOR: unknown, possible multiple collectors. REPOSITORY: unknown, possible multiple repositories.

Primary reference: R. Arnold. 1906. Tertiary and Quaternary pectens of California. USGS Professional Paper 47:1-264 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 223329: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 08.11.2021

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