Newport Bay Mesa (Pleistocene of the United States)

Also known as LACM Locality 1066-1067, 1100, 1240, 3877

Where: Orange County, California (33.6° N, 117.8° W: paleocoordinates 33.6° N, 117.8° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Palos Verdes Sand Formation, Rancholabrean (0.3 - 0.0 Ma)

• said to be Wisconsinan

Environment/lithology: foreshore; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the LACM

Primary reference: W. E. Miller. 1971. Pleistocene vertebrates of the Los Angeles basin and vicinity:(exclusive of Rancho La Brea). Bulletin of the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, Science 10:1-124 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 20624: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.03.1995, edited by Mark Uhen, Patricia Holroyd and Jonathan Marcot

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Sangamonian; Locality 1067 is said to be Wisconsinan, but Jefferson 1991 includes both localities in his list
Gnathostomata
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Amphibia
 Salientia - Bufonidae
"Bufo boreas" = Anaxyrus boreas5
"Bufo boreas" = Anaxyrus boreas5 Baird and Girard 1852 toad
 Salientia - Ranidae
 Salientia - Hylidae
Hyla regilla5 tree frog
 Caudata - Urodela
Aneides lugubris5 Baird 1849 Arboreal salamander
cf. Taricha sp.5 Gray 1850 Roughskin newts
Mammalia
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
"Spermophilus cf. beecheyi" = Otospermophilus beecheyi1
"Spermophilus cf. beecheyi" = Otospermophilus beecheyi1 Richardson 1823 California ground squirrel
 Rodentia - Geomyidae
Thomomys cf. bottae Eydoux and Gervais 1836 Botta's pocket gopher
 Rodentia - Heteromyidae
Perognathinae indet.1 Coues 1875 rodent
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Neotoma sp. Say and Ord 1825 pack rat
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Sylvilagus cf. audubonii Baird 1858 desert cottontail
 Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Tapirus sp. Brisson 1762 tapir
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Camelops sp. Leidy 1854 camel
Hemiauchenia sp.1 Gervais and Ameghino 1880 camel
 Cetacea - Delphinidae
Lagenorhynchus sp.2 Gray 1846 dolphin
LACM 29120
aff. Tursiops sp. Gervais 1855 dolphin
 Cetacea -
Mysticeti indet.4 Cope 1891 whale
 Cetacea - Balaenopteridae
Balaenopteridae indet.2 Gray 1864 rorqual
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Odocoileus cf. hemionus Rafinesque 1817 mule deer
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bison cf. latifrons Harlan 1825 bison
 Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae
Antilocapra americana6 Ord 1815 pronghorn
LACM loc. 1066
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Enhydra lutris4 Linnaeus 1758 sea otter
 Carnivora - Otariidae
Otariidae indet.4 eared seal
 Carnivora - Phocidae
Mirounga cf. angustirostris Gill 1866 northern elephant seal
 Carnivora - Canidae
"Canis cf. dirus" = Aenocyon dirus
"Canis cf. dirus" = Aenocyon dirus Leidy 1858 dire wolf
confirmed by Nowak 1979
 Megatherioidea - Megalonychidae
Megalonyx cf. jeffersonii Desmarest 1822 Jefferson's ground sloth
 Megatherioidea - Nothrotheriidae
"Nothrotheriops shastensis" = Nothrotherium shastense1
"Nothrotheriops shastensis" = Nothrotherium shastense1 Sinclair 1905 Shasta ground sloth
 Proboscidea - Proboscidea
Proboscidea indet. proboscidean
Reptilia
 Testudines - Cheloniidae
Chelonia mydas5 Linnaeus 1758 green turtle
 Testudines -
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines Batsch 1788 turtle
Aves
 Charadriiformes - Stercorariidae
Stercorarius sp.3 Brisson 1760 skua
 Charadriiformes - Alcoidae
Mancalla sp. Lucas 1901 auk
 Charadriiformes - Laridae
Larus sp.3 Linnaeus 1758 gull
 Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae
"Catoptrophorus inornatus" = Tringa semipalmata inornata
"Catoptrophorus inornatus" = Tringa semipalmata inornata Brewster 1887 willet
 Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
Haliaeetus sp. Savigny 1809 hawk
 Podicipediformes - Podicipedidae
Aechmophorus occidentalis3 Lawrence 1858 western grebe
 Anseriformes - Anatidae
"Melanitta ? deglandi" = Melanitta fusca deglandi3 Bonaparte 1850 white-winged scoter
Aythya valisineria3 Wilson 1814 canvasback
Branta ? canadensis3 Linnaeus 1758 Canada goose
Anser ? albifrons3 Scopoli 1769 greater white-fronted goose
Chendytes lawi3 Miller 1925 Law's diving-goose
 Procellariiformes - Diomedeidae
"Diomedea albatrus" = Phoebastria albatrus3
"Diomedea albatrus" = Phoebastria albatrus3 Pallas 1769 short-tailed albatross
 Procellariiformes - Procellariidae
Puffinus ? opisthomelas3 Coues 1864 black-vented shearwater
"Puffinus griseus" = Ardenna grisea3 Gmelin 1789 sooty shearwater
Fulmarus glacialis3 Linnaeus 1761 northern fulmar
 Suliformes - Sulidae
Moris reyana3 Howard 1936 gannet
 Suliformes - Phalacrocoracidae
Phalacrocorax penicillatus3 Brandt 1837 Brandt's cormorant
 Gaviiformes - Gaviidae
Gavia immer3 Brunnich 1764 Common loon
Gavia stellata Pontoppidan 1763 Red-throated loon
Gavia ? arctica3 Linnaeus 1758 Arctic loon