Also known as UCMP 3535

Where: Los Angeles County, California (34.4° N, 118.4° W: paleocoordinates 34.2° N, 117.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Fernando Formation, Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; sandy shale

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Reposited in the LACM

Primary reference: R. Kellogg. 1925. Additions to the Tertiary History of the Pelagic mammals on the Pacific Coast of North America V. Structure of the flipper of a Pliocene Pinniped from San Diego County, California. Carnegie Institution of Washington 348:97-116 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 52212: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 01.08.2005