Also known as Anza-Borrego Desert State Park
Where: San Diego County, California (33.0° N, 116.0° W: paleocoordinates 32.9° N, 115.1° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Yuha Member (Deguynos Formation), Piacenzian (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)
• mid-Pliocene, 4.4 to 4.1 Ma
Environment/lithology: delta front; silty sandstone
Primary reference: J. Atterholt, G. Jefferson, and E. Schachner. 2007. New marine vertebrates from the Yuha Member of the Deguynos Formation of Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27(3):42A [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 75482: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 11.10.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri | |
Mammalia | |
Odontoceti indet. Flower 1867 toothed whale | |
Pinnipedia indet. pinniped | |
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Dugongidae indet. Gray 1821 dugong | |
Reptilia | |
"Chelonidae indet." = Cheloniidae
"Chelonidae indet." = Cheloniidae Bonaparte 1832 sea turtle | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Odontaspis sp. Agassiz 1838 sand tiger shark | |
Squalus sp. Linnaeus 1758 dogfish shark |