CIT 379 (Miocene of the United States)

Where: Los Angeles County, California (34.1° N, 118.4° W: paleocoordinates 33.7° N, 115.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Lower Member (Modelo Formation), Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; diatomaceous shale

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: L. R. David. 1943. Miocene Fishes of Southern California. Geological Society of America Special Paper 43:1-187 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 182934: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Kirk Williams on 29.11.2016, edited by Mark Uhen and Jonathan Marcot

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Actinopteri
 Argentiniformes - Microstomatidae
"Bathylagus (Quaesita) angelensis" = Bathylagus angelensis
"Bathylagus (Quaesita) angelensis" = Bathylagus angelensis Jordan and Gilbert 1919
 Perciformes - Scorpaenidae
Scorpaena sp. Linnaeus 1758 scorpionfish
 Carangiformes - Carangidae