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ago Hemphill secured from the material thrown out in digging a well near the mouth of this cañon a large number of species. At this point the bed is some 30 feet below the surface. A list was published in the Proc. U.S. Nat Mus.
which indicated a Pliocene age for the beds. A similar deposit occurs on the peninsula opposite San Diego. from which Hemphill also made collections. It is probable that these Pliocene beds underlie a good part of the surface of the city.

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Proc. U.S. Nat Mus. = Proceedings of the U.S. National Museum