San Miguel Island V-8 (Pleistocene of the United States)

Also known as Simonton Cove north

Where: Santa Barbara County, California (34.1° N, 120.4° W: paleocoordinates 34.1° 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 120828: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 22.11.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Aves
 Procellariiformes - Procellariidae
"Puffinus tenuirostris" = Ardenna tenuirostris, "Puffinus griseus" = Ardenna grisea
"Puffinus tenuirostris" = Ardenna tenuirostris Temminck 1823 short-tailed shearwater
"Puffinus griseus" = Ardenna grisea Gmelin 1789 sooty shearwater
 Anseriformes - Anatidae
"Chen caerulescens" = Anser caerulescens
"Chen caerulescens" = Anser caerulescens Linnaeus 1758 snow goose
 Charadriiformes - Alcoidae
Synthliboramphus antiquus, Uria aalge, Ptychoramphus aleuticus, Fratercula sp., Fratercula dowi
Synthliboramphus antiquus Gmelin 1789 Ancient murrelet
Uria aalge Pontoppidan 1763 Common murre
Ptychoramphus aleuticus Pallas 1811 Cassin's auklet
Fratercula sp. Brisson 1760 puffin
Fratercula dowi Guthrie et al. 2000 puffin