PBDB Collection

Signal Hill (Pliocene of the United States)

Also known as LACCMIP 423; Cherry Avenue & I405

Where: Los Angeles County, California (33.8° N, 118.2° W: paleocoordinates 33.6° N, 117.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Piacenzian (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

• Late Pliocene

Environment/lithology: marine; gray, silty sandstone

• shells, dark gray sand, and silt

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. E. Fitch and R. D. Reimer. 1967. Otoliths and other fish remains from a Long Beach, California, Pliocene deposit. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 66(2):77-91 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 219849: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 23.04.2021

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Taxonomic list

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Chondrichthyes
Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae	Myliobatis californicus Myliobatis californicus eagle ray
Myliobatiformes - Urolophidae	Urolophus halleri Urolophus halleri Cooper 1863 round ray
Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae	Carcharhinus sp. Carcharhinus sp. de Blainville 1816 requiem shark
Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae	Galeorhinus zyopterus, Triakis semifasciata Galeorhinus zyopterus school shark Triakis semifasciata hound shark
Carcharhiniformes - Sphyrnidae	Sphyrna sp. Sphyrna sp. Rafinesque 1810 hammerhead shark
Lamniformes - Lamnidae	Carcharodon carcharias Carcharodon carcharias Linnaeus 1758 great white shark
Actinopteri
Myctophiformes - Myctophidae	Electrona rissoi Electrona rissoi Cocco 1829 lanternfish
Acanthomorphata - Sciaenidae	Genyonemus lineatus, Roncador stearnsi Genyonemus lineatus Ayres 1855 Roncador stearnsi
Perciformes - Scorpaenidae	"Sebastodes sp." = Sebastes (Sebastodes) "Sebastodes sp." = Sebastes (Sebastodes) Gill 1861 perch-like fish
Perciformes - Cottidae	Artedius notospilotus Artedius notospilotus Girard 1856 perch-like fish
Perciformes - Serranidae	Seriphus politus Seriphus politus Ayres 1860 perch-like fish
Gobiiformes - Gobiidae	Lepidogobius lepidus Lepidogobius lepidus Girard 1858 goby
Batrachoidiformes - Batrachoididae	Porichthys myriaster, Porichthys notatus Porichthys myriaster Hubbs and Schultz 1939 toadfish Porichthys notatus Girard 1854 toadfish
Ophidiiformes - Ophidiidae	Otophidium taylori, Otophidium sp., Otophidium scrippsae Otophidium taylori Otophidium sp. Gill 1885 Otophidium scrippsae Hubbs 1916
Pleuronectiformes - Paralichthyidae	Citharichthys sp., Citharichthys stigmaeus, Citharichthys sordidus, Paralichthys californicus Citharichthys sp. Bleeker 1862 flatfish Citharichthys stigmaeus Jordan and Gilbert 1882 flatfish Citharichthys sordidus Girard 1854 flatfish Paralichthys californicus Ayres 1859 flatfish
Pleuronectiformes - Pleuronectidae	Lyopsetta exilis, Parophrys velulus Lyopsetta exilis Jordan and Gilbert 1880 flatfish Parophrys velulus flatfish
Acanthomorphata - Embiotocidae	Cymatogaster aggregata Cymatogaster aggregata Gibbons 1854
Atheriniformes - Atherinopsidae	Atherinopsis californiensis Atherinopsis californiensis Girard 1854 silverside
Gadiformes - Merlucciidae	Merluccius productus Merluccius productus Ayres 1855
Gadiformes - Gadidae	Microgadus proximus Microgadus proximus Girard 1845
Osteichthyes
-	Engraulis mordax Engraulis mordax Girard 1845
Bivalvia
Cardiida - Mactridae	Tresus pajaroanus Tresus pajaroanus Conrad 1857 clam