Union Oil 76 Refinery Number 2 (Pleistocene of the United States)

Also known as LACM 3262, LACMIP 1210, UCMP V-7004, UCMP V-70027
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Where: Los Angeles County, California (34.0° N, 118.2° W: paleocoordinates 34.0° N, 118.2° 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: terrestrial; 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 20645: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.03.1995, edited by Mark Uhen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• said to be "18O substage 5e"
unclassified
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Thecostraca
 Balanomorpha - Coronulidae
Cetopirus polysyrinx n. sp.2 Collareta et al. 2022 whale barnacle
Gnathostomata
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Chondrichthyes indet.4 Huxley 1880 cartilaginous fish
Chondrichthyes
 Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Carcharodon sp.4 Smith 1838 white shark
Mammalia
 Rodentia - Geomyidae
Thomomys sp. Wied-Neuwied 1839 pocket gopher
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 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Camelops sp. Leidy 1854 camel
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 Carnivora - Otariidae
Otariidae indet.1 eared seal
 Carnivora - Phocidae
Phoca cf. vitulina3 Linnaeus 1758 harbor seal
Actinopteri
 Teleostei -
Teleostei indet.4 Müller 1846