LACM loc. 1087, Chandler Sand Pit: Late/Upper Pleistocene, California
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Actinopteri
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Teleostei indet.
(Müller 1846)
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Langenwalter 1975 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
- Gaviidae
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Gavia sp.
Forster 1788
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Langenwalter 1975 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
- Podicipedidae
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Aechmophorus occidentalis
(Lawrence 1858)
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Langenwalter 1975 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
- Anatidae
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Chendytes lawi
Miller 1925
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Langenwalter 1975 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Megalonychidae
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Megalonyx sp.
Harlan 1825
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
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Cetacea indet.
Brisson 1762
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bison sp.
Hamilton-Smith 1827
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Odocoileus cf. hemionus
(Rafinesque 1817)
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Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Camelops sp.
Leidy 1854
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Langenwalter 1975 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Tapiridae
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Tapirus cf. californicus
(Merriam 1912)
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Mammutidae
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Mammut americanum
(Kerr 1792)
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= Mammut pacificus
Dooley et al. 2019
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Dooley et al. 2019 | |||||||||
| not specifically mentioned by Dooley et al. (2019), but they state that all M. americanum from California are M. pacificus | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Mammuthus cf. columbi
(Falconer 1857)
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | California | County: | Los Angeles |
| Coordinates: | 34.0° North, 118.2° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 34.0° North, 118.2° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Palos Verdes Sand |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
| Glacial or sequence phase: | interglacial |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Museum repositories: | LACM |
| Taxonomic list comments:said to be "18O substage 5e" | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Pennsylvania Avenue between Chandler and Sidebotham Sand Pits; Rolling Hills Estates | ||
| Database number: | 20585 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, M. Uhen | Enterer: | J. Alroy, M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | J. Marcot | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1995-03-26 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2022-04-05 14:28:01 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1995-03-26 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 2018. | 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] |
Secondary references:
| 35474 | A. C. Dooley, E. Scott, J. Green, K. B. Springer, B. S. Booley and G. J. Smith. 2019. Mammut pacificus sp. nov., a newly recognized species of mastodon from the Pleistocene of western North America. PeerJ 7:e6614 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 28773 | P. E. Langenwalter. 1975. Marine studies of San Pedro Bay, California. Chordates: The fossil vertebrates of the Los Angeles-Long Beach harbors region 9:36-54 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |