San Miguel Island V-17 (Pleistocene of the United States)

Where: San Luis Obispo County, California (34.1° N, 120.4° W: paleocoordinates 34.0° N, 120.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Rancholabrean (0.3 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: D. A. Guthrie. 1998. Fossil vertebrates from Pleistocene terrestrial deposits on the norhtern Channel Islands, Southern California. In P. W. Weigand (ed.), American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Pacific Section MP 45:187-192 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 176091: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 27.01.2016

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Microtus miguelensis Guthrie 1998 vole
Aves
 Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
Haliaeetus leucocephalus Linnaeus 1766 bald eagle
 Charadriiformes - Alcoidae
Ptychoramphus aleuticus Pallas 1811 Cassin's auklet
Fratercula dowi Guthrie et al. 2000 puffin
 Anseriformes - Anatidae
Chendytes lawi Miller 1925 Law's diving-goose
 Strigiformes - Tytonidae
Tyto alba Scopoli 1769 barn owl
 Cathartiformes - Cathartidae
Gymnogyps californianus Shaw 1797 California condor