Lawrence Canyon 6 (Neogene of the United States)
Also known as UCMP V68148
Where: San Diego County, California (33.2° N, 117.4° W: paleocoordinates 32.8° N, 114.8° W)
• coordinate based on unpublished field data
When: San Mateo Formation, Hemphillian (10.3 - 4.9 Ma)
Environment/lithology: estuary or bay; sandy siltstone
• estuarine to fluvial
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Reposited in the UCMP
Primary reference: D. P. Domning. 1978. Sirenian evolution in the North Pacific Ocean. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 118:1-176 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 52220: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 01.08.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Chondrichthyes | |
Notorhynchus sp. Ayres 1855 sevengill shark | |
"Carcharodon cf. sulcidens" = Carcharodon carcharias
"Carcharodon cf. sulcidens" = Carcharodon carcharias Linnaeus 1758 great white shark | |
Mammalia | |
Hydrodamalis cuestae Domning 1978 Cuesta sea cow | |
Otariinae indet. Gray 1825 eared seal | |
Balaenopteridae indet. Gray 1864 rorqual |