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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Aves | |
Aquila chrysaetos Linnaeus 1758 golden eagle | |
"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 | |
Aechmophorus occidentalis Lawrence 1858 western grebe |