San Diego Zoo (Pliocene of the United States)
Where: San Diego County, California (32.7° N, 117.1° W: paleocoordinates 32.6° N, 116.2° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Piacenzian (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)
• stated to be 3 million years old
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Primary reference: T. Perry. 2010. Whale fossil found at San Diego Zoo. Los Angeles Times [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 98252: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 28.09.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
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