San Miguel Island, west (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: 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: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 120825: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 22.11.2011

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Taxonomic list

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