Also known as LACM 5792

Where: Orange County, California (33.5° N, 117.7° W: paleocoordinates 33.2° N, 116.1° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Capistrano Formation, Messinian to Messinian (7.2 - 3.6 Ma)

• Age based on Boessenecker et al 2019

Environment/lithology: coastal; siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Reposited in the LACM

Primary reference: C. Pimiento. 2014. Carcharocles megalodon unpublished collections from Natural History Museums around the world. [C. Jaramillo/C. Pimiento/C. Pimiento]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 152545: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Catalina Pimiento on 25.11.2013

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