San Miguel Island V-6 (Pleistocene of the United States)

Also known as Simonton Cove

Where: Santa Barbara County, California (34.1° 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. 1992. A late Pleistocene avifauna from San Miguel Island, California. Science Series (Los Angeles) 36:319-327 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 120827: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 22.11.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Aves
 Charadriiformes - Alcoidae
Synthliboramphus antiquus2 Gmelin 1789 Ancient murrelet
Uria aalge Pontoppidan 1763 Common murre
Ptychoramphus aleuticus2 Pallas 1811 Cassin's auklet
Fratercula dowi2 Guthrie et al. 2000 puffin
 Charadriiformes - Laridae
"Larus philadelphia" = Chroicocephalus philadelphia2 Ord 1815 Bonaparte's gull
Larus californicus2 Lawrence 1854 California gull
 Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae
Arenaria melanocephala2 Vigors 1829 black turnstone
"Phalaropus fulicaria" = Phalaropus fulicarius2 Linnaeus 1758 red phalarope
Limosa fedoa2 Linnaeus 1758 marbled godwit
 Falconiformes - Falconidae
Polyborus plancus Miller 1777 southern caracara
 Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
Haliaeetus leucocephalus2 Linnaeus 1766 bald eagle
Buteo jamaicensis2 Gmelin 1788 red-tailed hawk
 Passeriformes - Passerellidae
Melospiza melodia2 Wilson 1810 song sparrow
 Passeriformes - Troglodytidae
cf. Salpinctes obsoletus1 Say 1822 rock wren
 Podicipediformes - Podicipedidae
Podiceps nigricollis2 Brehm 1831 black-necked grebe
Aechmophorus sp.2 Coues 1862 grebe
 Strigiformes - Strigidae
Asio priscus2 Howard 1964 true owl
 Strigiformes - Tytonidae
Tyto alba2 Scopoli 1769 barn owl
 Anseriformes - Anatidae
Melanitta fusca2 Linnaeus 1758 velvet scoter
Branta canadensis Linnaeus 1758 Canada goose
"Chen caerulescens" = Anser caerulescens2 Linnaeus 1758 snow goose
Anser albifrons2 Scopoli 1769 greater white-fronted goose
Chendytes lawi Miller 1925 Law's diving-goose
 Procellariiformes - Diomedeidae
"Diomedea albatrus" = Phoebastria albatrus
"Diomedea albatrus" = Phoebastria albatrus Pallas 1769 short-tailed albatross
 Procellariiformes - Procellariidae
Puffinus opisthomelas2, "Puffinus griseus" = Ardenna grisea2, "Puffinus tenuirostris" = Ardenna tenuirostris2, Fulmarus glacialis2
Puffinus opisthomelas2 Coues 1864 black-vented shearwater
"Puffinus griseus" = Ardenna grisea2 Gmelin 1789 sooty shearwater
"Puffinus tenuirostris" = Ardenna tenuirostris2 Temminck 1823 short-tailed shearwater
Fulmarus glacialis2 Linnaeus 1761 northern fulmar
 Procellariiformes - Hydrobatidae
Oceanodroma homochroa2 Coues 1864 ashy storm-petrel
 Suliformes - Phalacrocoracidae
Phalacrocorax penicillatus Brandt 1837 Brandt's cormorant
Phalacrocorax pelagicus Pallas 1811 pelagic cormorant
 Gaviiformes - Gaviidae
Gavia pacifica2 Lawrence 1858 Pacific loon