San Miguel Island V-18 (Pleistocene of the United States)
Where: Santa Barbara County, California (34.0° N, 120.4° W: paleocoordinates 34.0° N, 120.1° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; poorly lithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: D. A. Guthrie. 2005. Distribution and provenance of fossil avifauna on San Miguel Island. Sixth California Islands Symposium. Institute of Wildlife Studies and National Park Service 35-42 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 176094: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 28.01.2016
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Fratercula dowi Guthrie et al. 2000 puffin
Ptychoramphus aleuticus Pallas 1811 Cassin's auklet
Synthliboramphus antiquus Gmelin 1789 Ancient murrelet | |
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Arenaria melanocephala Vigors 1829 black turnstone | |
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Puffinus opisthomelas Coues 1864 black-vented shearwater
"Puffinus griseus" = Ardenna grisea Gmelin 1789 sooty shearwater
Fulmarus glacialis Linnaeus 1761 northern fulmar | |
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Phoebastria albatrus Pallas 1769 short-tailed albatross | |
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Phalacrocorax pelagicus Pallas 1811 pelagic cormorant
Phalacrocorax penicillatus Brandt 1837 Brandt's cormorant | |
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Aechmophorus sp. Coues 1862 grebe | |
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Tyto alba Scopoli 1769 barn owl | |
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Chendytes lawi Miller 1925 Law's diving-goose
Melanitta perspicillata Linnaeus 1758 surf scoter | |
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Haliaeetus leucocephalus Linnaeus 1766 bald eagle | |