Newport Beach (Pleistocene of the United States)

Also known as LACM 6801

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, Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the LACM

Primary reference: G. T. Jefferson. 1991. A catalogue of late Quaternary Vertebrates from California: Part Two, Mammals. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Technical Reports 7:1-129 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/P. Holroyd]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 20625: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.05.2002, edited by Mark Uhen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• said to be "18O substage 5e"
Echinoidea
 Clypeasteroida - Mellitidae
Mellita longifissa1 Michelin 1858 sand dollar
Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Tapirus merriami Frick 1921 tapir
 Carnivora - Phocidae
Mirounga sp.2 Gray 1827 elephant seal