Rancho del Oro, Pleistocene (Pleistocene of the United States)

Where: San Diego County, California (33.2° N, 117.3° W: paleocoordinates 33.2° N, 117.3° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: pond; unlithified sandstone

• Fresh water lagoon, with a surrounding vegetation of coastal sage scrub

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: sieve

• Repository: San Diego Natural History Museum (SDNHM)

Primary reference: D. A. Guthrie. 2010. Avian material from Rancho del Oro, a Pleistocene locality in San Diego County, California. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 109(1):1-7 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 176267: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 04.02.2016, edited by Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Galliformes - Odontophoridae
Callipepla californica
Callipepla californica Shaw 1798 California quail
Aves
 Pelecaniformes - Pelecanidae
"Pelecanus cf. erythrorhynchus" = Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
"Pelecanus cf. erythrorhynchus" = Pelecanus erythrorhynchos Gmelin 1789 American white pelican
 Passeriformes - Mimidae
Toxostoma redivivum
Toxostoma redivivum Gambel 1845 California thrasher
 Passeriformes - Icteridae
Agelaius phoeniceus
Agelaius phoeniceus Linnaeus 1766 red-winged blackbird
 Passeriformes - Corvidae
Aphelocoma californica
Aphelocoma californica Vigors 1839 California scrub-jay
 Passeriformes - Cardinalidae
Piranga ludoviciana
Piranga ludoviciana Wilson 1811 western tanager
 Passeriformes - Vireonidae
Vireo sp.
Vireo sp. Vieillot 1808 vireo
 Passeriformes - Passerellidae
Passerellidae indet., Melospiza cf. melodia
Passerellidae indet. Cabanis 1851 new world sparrow
Melospiza cf. melodia Wilson 1810 song sparrow
 Cuculiformes - Cuculidae
Geococcyx californianus
Geococcyx californianus Lesson 1829 Greater roadrunner
 Gruiformes - Rallidae
Fulica americana, Rallus limicola
Fulica americana Gmelin 1789 American coot
Rallus limicola Vieillot 1819 Virginia rail
 Podicipediformes - Podicipedidae
Aechmophorus occidentalis, Podiceps parvus, Podilymbus podiceps
Aechmophorus occidentalis Lawrence 1858 western grebe
or A. clarki
Podiceps parvus Schufeldt 1913 grebe
Podilymbus podiceps Linnaeus 1758 pied-billed grebe
 Anseriformes - Anatidae
Anatidae indet., Oxyura jamaicensis, Aythya affinis, Bucephala albeola fossilis, "Anas clypeata" = Spatula clypeata
Anatidae indet. Vigors 1825 waterfowl
Oxyura jamaicensis Gmelin 1789 Ruddy duck
Aythya affinis Eyton 1838 lesser scaup
Bucephala albeola fossilis Howard 1963 bufflehead
"Anas clypeata" = Spatula clypeata Linnaeus 1758 northern shoveler
 Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae
Phalaropus lobatus
Phalaropus lobatus Linnaeus 1758 red-necked phalarope