THE PALEONTOLOGY AND STRATIGRAPHY OF THE MARINE 

 PLIOCENE AND PLEISTOCENE OF SAN PEDRO, 



CALIFORNIA. 



BY RALPH ARNOLD. 



CONTENTS. 

 Plates I-XXXVII. 



Page 



Introduction and Acknowledgments 9 



Pabt I. Genekax Discussion. 



CHAPTER I. TOPOGRAPHY AND GEOLOGY OF SAN PEDRO 11 



1 . Topography 11 



2. General Geology 12 



3. Pliocene 14 



Deadman Island 14 



Timings Point 17 



4. Pleistocene 17 



The San Pedro Series 17 



Lower San Pedro Series 18 



Upper San Pedro Series 23 



Raised Beach Formation 33 



5. Post-Pleistocene Deposits 33 



6. Alphabetical List showing the DisTRiBnTiON of Specie-s in the vicinity of San Pedro... 34 



CHAPTER ir. THE UPPER PLIOCENE AND PLEISTOCENE FORMATIONS OF OTHER LOCALITIES 



ON THE PACIFIC COAST 48 



PoGET Sound South to Pismo, San Luis Obispo County 48 



Santa Barbara and Vicinity South to San Joan Capistrano 50 



Ventura 53 



Port Los Angeles 56 



San Clemenle Island 56 



Newport 56 



San Juan Capistrano 57 



San Diego and Vicinity .'. 57 



Pacific Beach — Pliocene 57 



Pacific Beach — Pleistocene .' 58 



San Dier/o Mesa — Pliocene 59 



Twenty-sixth Street — Pleistocene 59 



Spanish Biijht —Pleistocene 59 



CHAPTER IIL FAUNAE RELATIONS 65 



1. Pliocene 65 



2. -Pleistocene 66 



The Loicer San Pedro Series 66 



The Upper San Pedro Series 66 



3. Relation of the Late Pliocene, Pleistocene, and Living Faunas of California to the 



Fauna of Japan 6¥ 



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