Also known as LACM 1070

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

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• middle Pliocene to early late Pliocene

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; gray, yellow sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: L. G. Barnes. 1973. Pliocene cetaceans of the San Diego Formation, San Diego, California. In A. Ross and R. J. Dowlen (eds.), Studies on the Geology and Geologic Hazards of the Greater San Diego Area, California 37-42 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 46067: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 28.12.2004

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