San Miguel Island V-7 (Pleistocene of the United States)
Also known as Simonton Cove
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 125236: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 07.03.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Passeriformes indet. Linnaeus 1758 perching bird | |
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Zonotrichia leucophrys Forster 1772 white-crowned sparrow
Melospiza melodia Wilson 1810 song sparrow | |
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Corvus corax Linnaeus 1758 common raven | |
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Tyto alba Scopoli 1769 barn owl | |
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Podiceps nigricollis Brehm 1831 black-necked grebe
Aechmophorus sp. Coues 1862 grebe | |
"Chen caerulescens" = Anser caerulescens, Branta canadensis, Chendytes lawi, Mergus serrator2, Melanitta fusca, Melanitta perspicillata2
"Chen caerulescens" = Anser caerulescens Linnaeus 1758 snow goose
Branta canadensis Linnaeus 1758 Canada goose
Chendytes lawi Miller 1925 Law's diving-goose
Melanitta fusca Linnaeus 1758 velvet scoter | |
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Plegadis chihi Vieillot 1817 white-faced ibis | |
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Phalacrocorax pelagicus Pallas 1811 pelagic cormorant
Phalacrocorax penicillatus Brandt 1837 Brandt's cormorant | |
Fulmarus glacialis, "Puffinus griseus" = Ardenna grisea, "Puffinus tenuirostris" = Ardenna tenuirostris2, Puffinus opisthomelas
Fulmarus glacialis Linnaeus 1761 northern fulmar
"Puffinus griseus" = Ardenna grisea Gmelin 1789 sooty shearwater
Puffinus opisthomelas Coues 1864 black-vented shearwater | |
"Diomedea albatrus" = Phoebastria albatrus
"Diomedea albatrus" = Phoebastria albatrus Pallas 1769 short-tailed albatross | |
"Oceanodroma furcata" = Hydrobates furcatus2
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Polyborus plancus Miller 1777 southern caracara
Falco sparverius Linnaeus 1758 American kestrel | |
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Larus californicus Lawrence 1854 California gull | |
Ptychoramphus aleuticus, Fratercula cirrhata2, Fratercula dowi2, Cepphus columba, Synthliboramphus antiquus, Synthliboramphus hypoleucus, Uria aalge
Ptychoramphus aleuticus Pallas 1811 Cassin's auklet
Cepphus columba Pallas 1811 pigeon guillemot
Synthliboramphus antiquus Gmelin 1789 Ancient murrelet
Synthliboramphus hypoleucus Xantas 1860 Guadalupe murrelet
Uria aalge Pontoppidan 1763 Common murre | |
Calidris alba2, "Phalaropus fulicaria" = Phalaropus fulicarius2, "Catoptrophorus semipalmatus" = Tringa semipalmata2
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Haliaeetus leucocephalus Linnaeus 1766 bald eagle
Buteo jamaicensis Gmelin 1788 red-tailed hawk | |