LACM loc. 1087, Chandler Sand Pit (Pleistocene of the United States)

Also known as Pennsylvania Avenue between Chandler and Sidebotham Sand Pits; Rolling Hills Estates

Where: Los Angeles County, California (34.0° N, 118.2° W: paleocoordinates 34.0° N, 118.2° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Palos Verdes Sand Formation, Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the LACM

Primary reference: G. T. Jefferson. 1991. A catalogue of late Quaternary Vertebrates from California: Part Two, Mammals. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Technical Reports 7:1-129 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/P. Holroyd]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 20585: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.03.1995, edited by Mark Uhen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• said to be "18O substage 5e"
Aves
 Podicipediformes - Podicipedidae
Aechmophorus occidentalis2 Lawrence 1858 western grebe
 Anseriformes - Anatidae
Chendytes lawi2 Miller 1925 Law's diving-goose
 Gaviiformes - Gaviidae
Gavia sp.2 Forster 1788 loon
Mammalia
 Megatherioidea - Megalonychidae
Megalonyx sp. Harlan 1825 edentate
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Mammuthus cf. columbi Falconer 1857 Columbian mammoth
 Proboscidea - Mammutidae
Mammut pacificus1 Dooley et al. 2019 mastodon
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
 Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Tapirus cf. californicus Merriam 1912 tapir
 Placentalia -
Cetacea indet. Brisson 1762 whale
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Camelops sp.2 Leidy 1854 camel
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Odocoileus cf. hemionus Rafinesque 1817 mule deer
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bison sp. Hamilton-Smith 1827 bison
Actinopteri
 Teleostei -
Teleostei indet.2 Müller 1846