San Diego Formation
305 distinct taxa, from 532 fossil occurrences the Paleobiology Database records under this name.
The Paleobiology Database files this name in 2 countries. That can be one body of rock crossing a border, or two rocks that happen to share a name. The database does not say which, so nothing below is added across them.
California · US
270 taxa · 474 fossils · 5.3–1.4 MyaMembers recorded: subunit 2, 4, Lower, 6, 5, 1, 2, 3 or 4, 3/4, 7, 8, lower.
Macrostrat dates this rock 2.8–1.9 Ma. Macrostrat’s own record
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12 distinct localities, where the rock is now rather than where it was laid down. Tectonics draws the world it belonged to.
When
What has been found
- Herpetocetus morrowi
- Panalcidae
- Mancallinae
- Mancalla
- Puffinus kanakoffi
- Phoebastria albatrus
- Brachyramphus pliocenum
- Gavia howardae
- Phalacrocorax kennelli
- Synthliboramphus rineyi
- Chlamys hastata
- Podiceps arndti
- Balaenopteridae
- Cerorhinca reai
- Leopecten stearnsii
- Lyropecten cerrosensis
- Mancalla californiensis
- Ptychoramphus aleuticus
- Balaenoptera davidsonii
- Brachyramphus dunkeli
- Califostoma rotundivaricosum
- Cancer productus
- Diomedea
- Morus humeralis
- Morus recentior
- Opalia varicostata
- Parapontoporia sternbergi
- Patinopecten healeyi
- Phalacrocoracidae
- Plesippus simplicidens
- Stictocarbo kumeyaay
- Sula
- Swiftopecten parmeleei
- Argopecten invalidus
- Argopecten ventricosus
- Asperiscala minuticosta
- Balanus (Balanus) kanakoffi
- Balanus (Hesperibalanus) proinus
- Bensonomys meadensis
- Callithaca tenerrima
The 40 most often recorded, of 270.
Baja California · MX
53 taxa · 58 fossils · 5.3–1.4 MyaMacrostrat dates this rock 2.8–1.9 Ma. Macrostrat’s own record
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3 distinct localities, where the rock is now rather than where it was laid down. Tectonics draws the world it belonged to.
When
What has been found
- Carcharodon carcharias
- Dosinia ponderosa
- Nucella lamellosa
- Saccella taphria
- Turritella cooperi
- Acanthinucella emersoni
- Acila (Truncacila) castrensis
- Anadara trilineata
- Asperiscala minuticosta
- Balanus
- Bivalvia
- Callianax biplicata
- Calliostoma kerri
- Callithaca tenerrima
- Callorhinus gilmorei
- Calyptraea mamillaris
- Cancer allisoni
- Carcharhinus
- Cerithideopsis californica
- Chione (Securella) kanakoffi
- Chlorostoma funebrale
- Chlorostoma gallina
- Coanicardita ventricosa
- Conchocele bisecta
- Cosmopolitodus planus
- Crepidula princeps
- Euclia tritonidea
- Gastropoda
- Glossaulax reclusiana
- Hydrodamalis
- Lucinisca nuttalli
- Lucinoma annulata
- Macoma nasuta
- Mactra
- Mactromeris hemphillii
- Megasurcula carpenteriana
- Muricidae
- Myliobatis
- Nucella emarginata
- Opalia varicostata
The 40 most often recorded, of 53.
What else lived thenRank the rock of a period
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