Fisherman's Slip, Berth 79, San Pedro [Timms Point Silt] (Pleistocene of the United States)

Where: San Pedro County, California (33.7° N, 118.3° W: paleocoordinates 33.7° N, 118.3° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Timms Point Silt Formation, Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHY: Entered as "Timms Point"; reassigned to Timms Point Silt (Hendy, 2021). AGE: Entered as "late Pleistocene"; reassigned to middle Pleistocene, the accepted age of the Timms Point Silt (Hendy, 2021).

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: E. D. Mitchell. 1966. Northeastern Pacific Pleistocene Sea Otters. Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 23(12):1897-1911 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 92438: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 13.11.2009

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Enhydra lutris Linnaeus 1758 sea otter