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)
• 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: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
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Aechmophorus sp. Coues 1862 grebe
Podiceps nigricollis Brehm 1831 black-necked grebe | |
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Tyto alba Scopoli 1769 barn owl | |
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Passeriformes indet. Linnaeus 1758 perching bird | |
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Corvus corax Linnaeus 1758 common raven | |
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Zonotrichia leucophrys Forster 1772 white-crowned sparrow
Melospiza melodia Wilson 1810 song sparrow | |
"Chen caerulescens" = Anser caerulescens, Branta canadensis, Chendytes lawi, Melanitta perspicillata2, Melanitta fusca, Mergus serrator2
"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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"Oceanodroma furcata" = Hydrobates furcatus2
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"Diomedea albatrus" = Phoebastria albatrus
"Diomedea albatrus" = Phoebastria albatrus Pallas 1769 short-tailed albatross | |
Fulmarus glacialis, Puffinus opisthomelas, "Puffinus griseus" = Ardenna grisea, "Puffinus tenuirostris" = Ardenna tenuirostris2
Fulmarus glacialis Linnaeus 1761 northern fulmar
Puffinus opisthomelas Coues 1864 black-vented shearwater
"Puffinus griseus" = Ardenna grisea Gmelin 1789 sooty shearwater | |
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Phalacrocorax penicillatus Brandt 1837 Brandt's cormorant
Phalacrocorax pelagicus Pallas 1811 pelagic cormorant | |
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Plegadis chihi Vieillot 1817 white-faced ibis | |
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Falco sparverius Linnaeus 1758 American kestrel
Polyborus plancus Miller 1777 southern caracara | |
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Haliaeetus leucocephalus Linnaeus 1766 bald eagle
Buteo jamaicensis Gmelin 1788 red-tailed hawk | |
Calidris alba2, "Catoptrophorus semipalmatus" = Tringa semipalmata2, "Phalaropus fulicaria" = Phalaropus fulicarius2
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Fratercula cirrhata2, Fratercula dowi2, Ptychoramphus aleuticus, Cepphus columba, Synthliboramphus hypoleucus, Synthliboramphus antiquus, Uria aalge
Ptychoramphus aleuticus Pallas 1811 Cassin's auklet
Cepphus columba Pallas 1811 pigeon guillemot
Synthliboramphus hypoleucus Xantas 1860 Guadalupe murrelet
Synthliboramphus antiquus Gmelin 1789 Ancient murrelet
Uria aalge Pontoppidan 1763 Common murre | |
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Larus californicus Lawrence 1854 California gull | |