Also known as Dana Point, north

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: edited following EPICC stratigraphic revision [6/13/2020].

Environment/lithology: basinal (siliceous); lithified, diatomaceous siltstone and shale

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (float), surface (in situ),

Primary reference: W. H. Bonner and W. B. Gilmour. 1988. The Remington Whales: Analyssi of two Late Miocene Mysticeti from Orange County California. Southern California Paleontological Society Special Publication 6:1-49 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 55448: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 25.10.2005, edited by Catalina Pimiento

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