SDNHM 3176 ( of the United States)

Where: San Diego County, California (32.6° N, 117.0° 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• coordinate based on unpublished field data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 178007: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Advait Jukar on 13.04.2016

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Aves
 Suliformes - Phalacrocoracidae
Stictocarbo kumeyaay n. sp. Chandler 1990 cormorant
 Podicipediformes - Podicipedidae
Aechmophorus elasson Murray 1967 grebe
 Charadriiformes - Alcoidae
Alcidae indet. Leach 1820 auk
Cerorhinca reai n. sp. Chandler 1990 auk
Synthliboramphus rineyi Chandler 1990 auk
Brachyramphus pliocenum Howard 1949 auk
Brachyramphus dunkeli Chandler 1990 auk
"Ptychoramphus tenuis" = Ptychoramphus aleuticus Pallas 1811 Cassin's auklet
 Charadriiformes - Laridae
Rissa estesi Chandler 1990 gull
 Charadriiformes - Panalcidae
Mancalla milleri Howard 1970 shorebird