PBDB Collection

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 and Patricia Holroyd

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Taxonomic list

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Florideophyceae
Gigartinales - Rhodymeniophycidae	Chondrides recurva n. sp.³ Chondrides recurva n. sp.³ Parker and Dawson 1965
Actinopteri
Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei	Ganolytes cameo, Etringus scintillans Ganolytes cameo Jordan 1919 herring Etringus scintillans Jordan 1907 herring
Argentiniformes - Microstomatidae	Quaesita quisquilia¹ Quaesita quisquilia¹ Jordan and Gilbert 1919
Stomiatiformes - Sternoptychidae	Argyropelecus bullocki n. sp. Argyropelecus bullocki n. sp.
Myctophiformes - Myctophidae	Lampanyctus sp. Lampanyctus sp. Bonaparte 1840 lanternfish
Scombriformes - Caristiidae	Absalomichthys velifer, Chalcidichthys malacopterygius n. gen. n. sp. Absalomichthys velifer Jordan 1925 Chalcidichthys malacopterygius n. gen. n. sp. David 1943
Scombriformes - Euzaphlegidae	Thyrsocles kriegeri Thyrsocles kriegeri Jordan and Gilbert 1919
Scombriformes - Scombridae	Scomber sanctaemonicae Scomber sanctaemonicae Jordan 1919
Scombriformes - Pomatomidae	Pseudoseriola gillilandi n. gen. n. sp. Pseudoseriola gillilandi n. gen. n. sp.
Carangiformes - Carangidae	Decapterus cf. agilis Decapterus cf. agilis Jordan 1925
Beloniformes - Belonidae	"Scomberesox (Scombressus) edwardsi" = Scomberesox edwardsi "Scomberesox (Scombressus) edwardsi" = Scomberesox edwardsi Jordan and Gilbert 1919
Spariformes - Sparidae	Plectrites classeni Plectrites classeni Jordan and Gilbert 1920
Perciformes - Brotulidae	Eclipes santamonicae n. sp. Eclipes santamonicae n. sp. David 1943 perch-like fish
Perciformes - Zaproridae	Araeosteus rothi Araeosteus rothi Jordan and Gilbert 1920 perch-like fish
Perciformes - Scorpaenidae	Scorpaena ensiger, Sebastodes (Rixator) porteousi Scorpaena ensiger Jordan and Gilbert 1919 scorpionfish Sebastodes (Rixator) porteousi Jordan and Gilbert 1920 perch-like fish
Notacanthiformes - Halosauridae	Laytonia californica n. gen. n. sp. Laytonia californica n. gen. n. sp. David 1943
Gastropoda
Cerithioidea - Turritellidae	Turritella subuvasana² Turritella subuvasana² Nelson 1925 turret shell

Fucophyceae - Cystoseiraceae	Paleohalidrys superba n. sp.³, Paleohalidrys linearis n. sp.³, Paleohalidrys dendritica n. sp.³ Paleohalidrys superba n. sp.³ Parker and Dawson 1965 Paleohalidrys linearis n. sp.³ Parker and Dawson 1965 Paleohalidrys dendritica n. sp.³ Parker and Dawson 1965

¹Fierstine et al. 2012; ²Merriam 1941; ³Parker and Dawson 1965