San Miguel Island V-16 (Pleistocene of the United States)

Where: Santa Barbara County, California (34.0° N, 120.4° W: paleocoordinates 34.0° N, 120.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; poorly lithified sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: D. A. Guthrie. 2005. Distribution and provenance of fossil avifauna on San Miguel Island. Sixth California Islands Symposium. Institute of Wildlife Studies and National Park Service 35-42 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 176102: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 28.01.2016

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Aves
 Falconiformes - Falconidae
Falco peregrinus Tunstall 1771 Peregrine falcon
Polyborus plancus Miller 1777 southern caracara
 Gaviiformes - Gaviidae
Gavia immer Brunnich 1764 Common loon
 Procellariiformes - Procellariidae
Puffinus opisthomelas, Fulmarus glacialis, "Puffinus tenuirostris" = Ardenna tenuirostris, "Puffinus griseus" = Ardenna grisea
Puffinus opisthomelas Coues 1864 black-vented shearwater
Fulmarus glacialis Linnaeus 1761 northern fulmar
"Puffinus tenuirostris" = Ardenna tenuirostris Temminck 1823 short-tailed shearwater
"Puffinus griseus" = Ardenna grisea Gmelin 1789 sooty shearwater
 Procellariiformes - Diomedeidae
Phoebastria albatrus Pallas 1769 short-tailed albatross
 Suliformes - Phalacrocoracidae
Phalacrocorax pelagicus Pallas 1811 pelagic cormorant
Phalacrocorax penicillatus Brandt 1837 Brandt's cormorant
 Suliformes - Sulidae
Morus reyanus Howard 1936 gannet
 Anseriformes - Anatidae
Anser albifrons Scopoli 1769 greater white-fronted goose
"Chen caerulescens" = Anser caerulescens Linnaeus 1758 snow goose
Branta canadensis Linnaeus 1758 Canada goose
Melanitta perspicillata Linnaeus 1758 surf scoter
Melanitta fusca Linnaeus 1758 velvet scoter
Chendytes lawi Miller 1925 Law's diving-goose
 Strigiformes - Tytonidae
Tyto alba Scopoli 1769 barn owl
 Strigiformes - Strigidae
Athene cunicularia Molina 1782 burrowing owl
 Podicipediformes - Podicipedidae
Aechmophorus sp. Coues 1862 grebe
Podiceps nigricollis Brehm 1831 black-necked grebe
 Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
Haliaeetus leucocephalus Linnaeus 1766 bald eagle
Buteo jamaicensis Gmelin 1788 red-tailed hawk
 Charadriiformes - Charadriidae
Charadrius semipalmatus Bonaparte 1825 semipalmated plover
Pluvialis squatarola Linnaeus 1758 black-bellied plover
 Charadriiformes - Laridae
Larus sp. Linnaeus 1758 gull
large
Larus californicus Lawrence 1854 California gull
Larus delawarensis Ord 1815 ring-billed gull
Rissa tridactyla Linnaeus 1758 black-legged kittiwake
"Larus philadelphia" = Chroicocephalus philadelphia Ord 1815 Bonaparte's gull
 Charadriiformes - Alcoidae
Fratercula dowi Guthrie et al. 2000 puffin
Synthliboramphus antiquus Gmelin 1789 Ancient murrelet
Synthliboramphus hypoleucus Xantas 1860 Guadalupe murrelet
Uria aalge Pontoppidan 1763 Common murre
Ptychoramphus aleuticus Pallas 1811 Cassin's auklet
 Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae
Numenius phaeopus, "Phalaropus fulicaria" = Phalaropus fulicarius
Numenius phaeopus Linnaeus 1758 whimbrel
"Phalaropus fulicaria" = Phalaropus fulicarius Linnaeus 1758 red phalarope