LACM 1925 Cabrillo Beach (Miocene of the United States)

Where: Los Angeles County, California (33.7° N, 118.3° W: paleocoordinates 33.0° N, 113.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Monterey Formation, Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)

• No stratigraphy stated. Information from LACM online catalog

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the LACM

Primary reference: J. M. Crane, Jr. 1966. Late Tertiary radiation of viperfishes (Chauliodontidae) based on a comparison of Recent and Miocene species. Contributions in Science, Los Angeles County Museum 115:1-29 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 200780: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 18.04.2019, edited by Mark Uhen

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Taxonomic list

Actinopteri
 Stomiatiformes - Stomiidae
Chauliodus eximius Jordan 1925
Florideophyceae
 Cryptonemiales -
Paleopikea cranei n. gen. n. sp.
Paleopikea cranei n. gen. n. sp. Parker and Dawson 1965
 Ceramiales - Rhodymeniophycidae
Paleothamnion acicularis n. gen. n. sp.
Paleothamnion acicularis n. gen. n. sp. Parker and Dawson 1965
 Fucophyceae - Cystoseiraceae
Paleocystophora delicatula n. sp. Parker and Dawson 1965