San Miguel Island V-16 (Pleistocene of the United States)

Where: Santa Barbara County, California (34.0° N, 120.4° W: paleocoordinates 34.0° N, 120.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 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 176102: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 28.01.2016

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Aves
 Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
Buteo jamaicensis, Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Buteo jamaicensis Gmelin 1788 red-tailed hawk
Haliaeetus leucocephalus Linnaeus 1766 bald eagle
 Charadriiformes - Charadriidae
Pluvialis squatarola, Charadrius semipalmatus
Pluvialis squatarola Linnaeus 1758 black-bellied plover
Charadrius semipalmatus Bonaparte 1825 semipalmated plover
 Charadriiformes - Laridae
"Larus philadelphia" = Chroicocephalus philadelphia, Rissa tridactyla, Larus sp., Larus californicus, Larus delawarensis
"Larus philadelphia" = Chroicocephalus philadelphia Ord 1815 Bonaparte's gull
Rissa tridactyla Linnaeus 1758 black-legged kittiwake
Larus sp. Linnaeus 1758 gull
large
Larus californicus Lawrence 1854 California gull
Larus delawarensis Ord 1815 ring-billed gull
 Charadriiformes - Alcoidae
Ptychoramphus aleuticus, Synthliboramphus hypoleucus, Synthliboramphus antiquus, Uria aalge, Fratercula dowi
Ptychoramphus aleuticus Pallas 1811 Cassin's auklet
Synthliboramphus hypoleucus Xantas 1860 Guadalupe murrelet
Synthliboramphus antiquus Gmelin 1789 Ancient murrelet
Uria aalge Pontoppidan 1763 Common murre
Fratercula dowi Guthrie et al. 2000 puffin
 Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae
"Phalaropus fulicaria" = Phalaropus fulicarius, Numenius phaeopus
"Phalaropus fulicaria" = Phalaropus fulicarius Linnaeus 1758 red phalarope
Numenius phaeopus Linnaeus 1758 whimbrel
 Falconiformes - Falconidae
Polyborus plancus, Falco peregrinus
Polyborus plancus Miller 1777 southern caracara
Falco peregrinus Tunstall 1771 Peregrine falcon
 Procellariiformes - Procellariidae
Fulmarus glacialis, Puffinus opisthomelas, "Puffinus griseus" = Ardenna grisea, "Puffinus tenuirostris" = Ardenna tenuirostris
Fulmarus glacialis Linnaeus 1761 northern fulmar
Puffinus opisthomelas Coues 1864 black-vented shearwater
"Puffinus griseus" = Ardenna grisea Gmelin 1789 sooty shearwater
"Puffinus tenuirostris" = Ardenna tenuirostris Temminck 1823 short-tailed shearwater
 Procellariiformes - Diomedeidae
Phoebastria albatrus
Phoebastria albatrus Pallas 1769 short-tailed albatross
 Suliformes - Sulidae
Morus reyanus
Morus reyanus Howard 1936 gannet
 Suliformes - Phalacrocoracidae
Phalacrocorax penicillatus, Phalacrocorax pelagicus
Phalacrocorax penicillatus Brandt 1837 Brandt's cormorant
Phalacrocorax pelagicus Pallas 1811 pelagic cormorant
 Gaviiformes - Gaviidae
Gavia immer
Gavia immer Brunnich 1764 Common loon
 Anseriformes - Anatidae
Anser albifrons, "Chen caerulescens" = Anser caerulescens, Branta canadensis, Melanitta perspicillata, Melanitta fusca, Chendytes lawi
Anser albifrons Scopoli 1769 greater white-fronted goose
"Chen caerulescens" = Anser caerulescens Linnaeus 1758 snow goose
Branta canadensis Linnaeus 1758 Canada goose
Melanitta perspicillata Linnaeus 1758 surf scoter
Melanitta fusca Linnaeus 1758 velvet scoter
Chendytes lawi Miller 1925 Law's diving-goose
 Strigiformes - Tytonidae
Tyto alba
Tyto alba Scopoli 1769 barn owl
 Strigiformes - Strigidae
Athene cunicularia
Athene cunicularia Molina 1782 burrowing owl
 Podicipediformes - Podicipedidae
Aechmophorus sp., Podiceps nigricollis
Aechmophorus sp. Coues 1862 grebe
Podiceps nigricollis Brehm 1831 black-necked grebe