Manix Lake (LACM 1093) (Pleistocene of the United States)

Where: San Bernardino County, California (35.0° N, 116.6° W: paleocoordinates 35.0° N, 116.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; unlithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Herbert W. Winters; reposited in the LACM

Primary reference: H. Howard. 1955. Fossil birds from Manix Lake, California. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 264-J:199-205 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 192611: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 14.04.2018

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Taxonomic list

Aves
 Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
Aquila chrysaetos Linnaeus 1758 golden eagle
 Anseriformes - Anatidae
"Erismatura jamaicensis" = Oxyura jamaicensis, Branta canadensis, "Nyroca valisineria" = Aythya valisineria
"Erismatura jamaicensis" = Oxyura jamaicensis Gmelin 1789 Ruddy duck
Branta canadensis Linnaeus 1758 Canada goose
"Nyroca valisineria" = Aythya valisineria Wilson 1814 canvasback
 Podicipediformes - Podicipedidae
Aechmophorus occidentalis Lawrence 1858 western grebe