SDNHM 3006 ( of the United States)
Where: San Diego County, California (32.7° N, 117.1° W: paleocoordinates 32.5° N, 116.1° W)
• coordinate based on unpublished field data
When: San Diego Formation, Blancan (4.9 - 1.8 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
• Sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: R. M. Chandler. 1990. Fossil birds of the San Diego Formation, Late Pliocene, Blancan, San Diego County, California. Ornithological Monographs 44:73-161 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 177992: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Advait Jukar on 13.04.2016
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Aves | |
Mancalla emlongi, Brachyramphus pliocenum, Mancalla diegenesis, Synthliboramphus rineyi, "Ptychoramphus tenuis" = Ptychoramphus aleuticus
Mancalla emlongi Olson 1981 auk
Brachyramphus pliocenum Howard 1949 auk
Synthliboramphus rineyi Chandler 1990 auk
"Ptychoramphus tenuis" = Ptychoramphus aleuticus Pallas 1811 Cassin's auklet | |
"Diomedea howardae" = Phoebastria albatrus, Diomedea sp.
"Diomedea howardae" = Phoebastria albatrus Pallas 1769 short-tailed albatross
Diomedea sp. Linnaeus 1758 albatross | |
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Phalacrocorax kennelli Howard 1949 cormorant | |
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Podiceps discors Murray 1967 grebe | |