Where: San Diego County, California (32.9° N, 117.1° W: paleocoordinates 32.7° N, 116.1° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: San Diego Formation, Blancan (4.9 - 1.8 Ma)
• "Upper” member San Diego Formation
Environment/lithology: coastal; shelly/skeletal lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: J. H. Hutchison. 1987. Moles of the Scapanus latimanus group (Talpidae, Insectivora) from the Pliocene and Pleistocene of California. Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 386:1-15 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/W. Gearty]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 19704: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.05.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Lagomorpha indet. Brandt 1885 placental
Rodentia indet. Bowdich 1821 rodent | |
Felidae indet. Gray 1821 cat | |
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse | |
Artiodactyla indet. even-toed ungulate | |
Scapanus sp. Pomel 1848 mole |