Camp Pendleton is a fossil collection site in San Diego, California, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the San Mateo Formation, dated to the Late Pliocene (3.6–2.58 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as marine indet. Documented finds include Hydrodamalis cuestae.

Geologic setting

Formation: San Mateo
Geologic interval: Late Pliocene
Age: 3.6–2.58 Ma
Depositional environment: marine indet.
Recorded occurrences: 1

Locality notes

cut at NW end o fearth dam near head of Newton Canyon

Fossils found here

Hydrodamalis cuestae

Mammalia · Dugongidae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 52221 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Questions about Camp Pendleton

Can you collect at Camp Pendleton?

It depends on who owns the land and whether a mining claim covers it. BLM land usually allows hand collecting for personal use, national parks allow none, and private land needs the owner’s permission. Pro members see the owner and any claims at this spot.

What minerals are found at Camp Pendleton?

Fossil.

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Meteorite nearbyA 56 g stony meteorite fell at San Juan Capistrano in 1973, 26 miles from here.

Source: Paleobiology Database.