Sepulveda Boulevard tunnel, south entrance (Miocene of the United States)

Also known as CIT 317

Where: Los Angeles County, California (34.1° N, 118.5° W: paleocoordinates 33.7° N, 116.0° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

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

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone

• siliceous sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the CIT

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 185673: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 09.05.2017, edited by Jonathan Marcot

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Florideophyceae
 Gigartinales - Rhodymeniophycidae
Chondrides recurva n. sp.2 Parker and Dawson 1965
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella subuvasana1 Nelson 1925 turret shell
Actinopteri
 Notacanthiformes - Halosauridae
Laytonia californica n. gen. n. sp.
Laytonia californica n. gen. n. sp. David 1943
 Stomiatiformes - Sternoptychidae
 Perciformes - Brotulidae
Eclipes santamonicae n. sp. David 1943 perch-like fish
 Perciformes - Scorpaenidae
Sebastodes (Rixator) porteousi Jordan and Gilbert 1920 perch-like fish
Scorpaena ensiger Jordan and Gilbert 1919 scorpionfish
 Perciformes - Zaproridae
Araeosteus rothi Jordan and Gilbert 1920 perch-like fish
 Spariformes - Sparidae
Plectrites classeni Jordan and Gilbert 1920
 Carangiformes - Carangidae
 Beloniformes - Belonidae
"Scomberesox (Scombressus) edwardsi" = Scomberesox edwardsi
"Scomberesox (Scombressus) edwardsi" = Scomberesox edwardsi Jordan and Gilbert 1919
 Scombriformes - Scombridae
 Scombriformes - Caristiidae
Chalcidichthys malacopterygius n. gen. n. sp. David 1943
 Scombriformes - Euzaphlegidae
Thyrsocles kriegeri Jordan and Gilbert 1919
 Scombriformes - Pomatomidae
Pseudoseriola gillilandi n. gen. n. sp.
Pseudoseriola gillilandi n. gen. n. sp.
 Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Lampanyctus sp. Bonaparte 1840 lanternfish
 Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei
Ganolytes cameo Jordan 1919 herring
Etringus scintillans Jordan 1907 herring
 Fucophyceae - Cystoseiraceae
Paleohalidrys superba n. sp.2 Parker and Dawson 1965
Paleohalidrys linearis n. sp.2 Parker and Dawson 1965
Paleohalidrys dendritica n. sp.2 Parker and Dawson 1965