The Cabrillo Formation is a Maastrichtian stage geologic formation in coastal San Diego County, southern California.
[2] The Maastrichtian stage is of the Late Cretaceous Epoch, during the Mesozoic Era.
The formation is found on the eastern and southwestern sides of the Point Loma peninsula including in Cabrillo National Monument, and on Mount Soledad, both within the city of San Diego.
A single tooth from the cartilaginous fish Squalicorax has been recovered from the Cabrillo Formation sediments of Cabrillo National Monument.
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