UCMP loc. V-93124, Newport Boulevard, Costa Mesa (Pleistocene of the United States)
Where: Orange County, California (33.7° N, 117.9° W: paleocoordinates 33.7° N, 117.9° W)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Palos Verdes Sand Formation, Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• estimated to be about 120,000 to 130,000 years old (Barrie et al., 1991)
Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: D. J. Long. 1993. Preliminary List of the Marine Fishes and Other Vertebrate Remains from the Late Pleistocene Palos Verdes Sand Formation at Costa Mesa, Orange County, California. PaleoBios 15(1):9-13 [M. Uhen/S. Strother]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 190889: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 20.12.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Chondrichthyes | |
Carcharodon carcharias, "Isurus oxyrhinchus" = Isurus oxyrinchus
Carcharodon carcharias Linnaeus 1758 great white shark
"Isurus oxyrhinchus" = Isurus oxyrinchus Rafinesque 1810 mackerel shark | |
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Alopias vulpinus Bonnaterre 1788 thresher shark | |
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Carcharhinus sp. de Blainville 1816 requiem shark
Carcharhinus brachyurus Gunther 1870 requiem shark
Rhizoprionodon longurio Jordan and Gilbert 1882 sharpnose shark | |
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Mustelus californicus hound shark
Mustelus henlei hound shark
Triakis semifasciata hound shark
Galeorhinus galeus Linnaeus 1758 school shark | |
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Rhinobatos productus guitarfish | |
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Platyrhinoidis triseriata guitarfish | |
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Raja sp. Linnaeus 1758 skate | |
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Myliobatis californica eagle ray | |
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Urolophus halleri Cooper 1863 round ray | |
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Heterodontus francisci bullhead shark | |
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Squatina californica angel shark | |
| Mammalia | |
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Zalophus californianus Lesson 1828 California sea lion
Eumetopias jubatus Schreber 1776 Steller sea lion | |
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Enhydra lutris Linnaeus 1758 sea otter | |
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Bison sp. Hamilton-Smith 1827 bison | |
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Camelops hesternus Leidy 1873 camel | |
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Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse | |
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Lagomorpha indet. Brandt 1885 placental | |
| Reptilia | |
"Clemmys marmorata" = Emys marmorata
"Clemmys marmorata" = Emys marmorata Baird and Girard 1852 western pond turtle | |
| Aves | |
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Uria aalge Pontoppidan 1763 Common murre | |
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Puffinus sp. Brisson 1760 shearwater | |
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Diomedea sp. Linnaeus 1758 albatross | |
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Gavia sp. Forster 1788 loon | |
| Actinopteri | |
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Sardinops sagax Jenyns 1842 herring | |
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Sphyraena argentea Girard 1854 barracuda | |
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Porichthys notalus toadfish | |
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Calamus brachysomus perch-like fish | |
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Leptocottus armatus Girard 1854 perch-like fish | |
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Seriphus politus Ayres 1860 perch-like fish | |
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Sebastes diploproa perch-like fish
Sebastes helvomaculatus perch-like fish
Sebastes sp. Cuvier 1829 perch-like fish
Sebastes jordani Gilbert 1896 perch-like fish | |
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Lepidogobius lepidus Girard 1858 goby | |
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Chilara taylori Girard 1858 | |
Cymatogaster aggregata, "Damalichthys vacca" = Rhacochilus vacca
Cymatogaster aggregata Gibbons 1854
"Damalichthys vacca" = Rhacochilus vacca Girard 1855 | |
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Atherinopsis californiensis Girard 1854 silverside | |
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Paralichthys californicus Ayres 1859 flatfish | |
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Microgadus proximus Girard 1845 | |
| Osteichthyes | |
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Engraulis mordax Girard 1845 | |