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• coordinate based on unpublished field data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

Chondrichthyes
 Hexanchiformes - Hexanchidae
Notorhynchus sp. Ayres 1855 sevengill shark
 Lamniformes - Lamnidae
"Carcharodon cf. sulcidens" = Carcharodon carcharias
"Carcharodon cf. sulcidens" = Carcharodon carcharias Linnaeus 1758 great white shark
Mammalia
 Sirenia - Dugongidae
Hydrodamalis cuestae Domning 1978 Cuesta sea cow
 Carnivora - Otariidae
Otariinae indet. Gray 1825 eared seal
 Cetacea - Balaenopteridae
Balaenopteridae indet. Gray 1864 rorqual