LACM 5541 (Pleistocene of the United States)

Where: Ventura County, California (33.3° N, 119.6° W: paleocoordinates 33.3° N, 119.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

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

Environment/lithology: eolian; lithology not reported

• eolianite

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: D. A. Guthrie, H. W. Thomas, and G. L. Kennedy. 2000. An extinct Late Pleistocene Puffin from the Southern California Channel Islands. (Aves: Alcidae). Proceedings of a Fifth California Islands Symposium 525-530 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 120824: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 22.11.2011

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Taxonomic list

Aves
 Charadriiformes - Alcoidae
Fratercula dowi n. sp. Guthrie et al. 2000 puffin