Also known as LACM 1602
Where: Los Angeles County, California (33.8° N, 118.3° W: paleocoordinates 33.8° N, 118.3° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Palos Verdes Sand Formation, Rancholabrean (0.3 - 0.0 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHY: Entered as "San Pedro"; reinterpreted as San Pedro Sand (Hendy, 2021).
Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the LACM
Primary reference: P. E. Langenwalter. 1975. Marine studies of San Pedro Bay, California. Chordates: The fossil vertebrates of the Los Angeles-Long Beach harbors region 9:36-54 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 85314: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 12.12.2008, edited by John Alroy
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Amphibia | |
Amphibia indet. Linnaeus 1758 tetrapod | |
Reptilia | |
"Clemmys marmorata" = Emys marmorata
"Clemmys marmorata" = Emys marmorata Baird and Girard 1852 western pond turtle originally entered as "Clemmys marmarota"
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"Chelonia sp." = Testudines
"Chelonia sp." = Testudines Batsch 1788 turtle | |
Mammalia | |
Mammuthus sp. Brookes 1828 mammoth | |
Zalophus sp. Gill 1866 California sea lion | |
"Canis dirus" = Aenocyon dirus
"Canis dirus" = Aenocyon dirus Leidy 1858 dire wolf | |
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse | |
Cetacea indet. Brisson 1762 whale | |
Odocoileus sp. Rafinesque 1832 New World deer | |
Capromeryx sp. Matthew 1902 pronghorn | |
Sylvilagus sp. Gray 1867 cottontail rabbit | |
Peromyscus sp. Gloger 1841 deer mouse
Arvicolinae indet. Gray 1821 vole | |
Thomomys bottae Eydoux and Gervais 1836 Botta's pocket gopher | |
Actinopteri | |
Genyonemus lineatus Ayres 1855 | |
"Pimelometopon pulchrum" = Semicossyphus
"Pimelometopon pulchrum" = Semicossyphus sheepshead | |
Seriphus politus Ayres 1860 perch-like fish | |
Porichthys notatus Girard 1854 toadfish
Porichthys myriaster Hubbs and Schultz 1939 toadfish | |
Cymatogaster aggregata Gibbons 1854 | |
Citharichthys stigmaeus Jordan and Gilbert 1882 flatfish | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Dasyatis dipterus whiptail stingray | |
Myliobatis californicus eagle ray | |
Raja sp. Linnaeus 1758 skate | |
Galeorhinus zopterus school shark | |
Squatina claifornica angel shark |