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: Lomita Marl Formation, Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)

• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: A composite from the Lomita Marl, which unconformably overlies the Altamira Shale, Valmote Diatomite and Malaga Mudstone, and is overlain by the Timms Point Silt, Sand Pedro Sand, or Palos Verdes Sand. AGE: Middle Pleistocene. 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: offshore; poorly lithified, calcareous marl

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite

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

Primary reference: U.S. Grant IV. 1936. Summary of the marine Pleistocene of California. Geolological Society of America Proceedings for 1935 349-350 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 223525: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 15.11.2021

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