San Miguel Island V-6: Late Pleistocene, California

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
Buteo jamaicensis (Gmelin 1788)
Guthrie 2005 2 specimens
Haliaeetus leucocephalus (Linnaeus 1766)
Guthrie 2005 9 specimens
Reptilia - Falconidae
Polyborus plancus (Miller 1777)
6 specimens
Reptilia - Gaviidae
Gavia pacifica (Lawrence 1858)
Guthrie 2005 1 specimen
Reptilia - Diomedeidae
Diomedea albatrus Pallas 1769
3 specimens
Reptilia - Procellariidae
Fulmarus glacialis (Linnaeus 1761)
Guthrie 2005 1 specimen
Puffinus griseus (Gmelin 1789)
Guthrie 2005 5 specimens
Puffinus tenuirostris (Temminck 1823)
Guthrie 2005 11 specimens
Guthrie 2005 8 specimens
Reptilia - Hydrobatidae
Guthrie 2005 1 specimen
Reptilia - Suliformes - Phalacrocoracidae
3 specimens
10 specimens
Reptilia - Strigiformes - Strigidae
Asio priscus Howard 1964
Guthrie 2005 1 specimen
Reptilia - Strigiformes - Tytonidae
Tyto alba (Scopoli 1769)
Guthrie 2005 2 specimens
Reptilia - Podicipediformes - Podicipedidae
Aechmophorus sp. Coues 1862
Guthrie 2005 2 specimens
Guthrie 2005 1 specimen
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Troglodytidae
Collins et al. 2018
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Passerellidae
Melospiza melodia (Wilson 1810)
Guthrie 2005 2 specimens
Reptilia - Anseriformes - Anatidae
Guthrie 2005 5 specimens
Anser albifrons Scopoli 1769
Guthrie 2005 1 specimen
12 specimens
7 specimens
Guthrie 2005 3 specimens
Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Alcidae
Guthrie 2005 589 specimens
Uria aalge (Pontoppidan 1763)
15 specimens
Guthrie 2005 549 specimens
Guthrie 2005 1307 specimens
Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Laridae
Guthrie 2005 2 specimens
Larus californicus Lawrence 1854
Guthrie 2005 1 specimen
Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae
Guthrie 2005 3 specimens
Guthrie 2005 1 specimen
Guthrie 2005 1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:California County:Santa Barbara
Coordinates: 34.1° North, 120.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period: Quaternary Epoch: Pleistocene
Stage: Late Pleistocene 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
Key time interval: Late Pleistocene
Age range of interval: 0.129 - 0.0117 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Lithology description: eolianite
Environment:eolian indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Simonton Cove
Database number:120827
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2011-11-22 09:01:28 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2011-11-22 09:01:28
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
40658. D. A. Guthrie. 1992. A late Pleistocene avifauna from San Miguel Island, California. Science Series (Los Angeles) 36:319-327 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

74333 P. W. Collins, D. A. Guthrie, E. L. Whistler, R. L. Vellanoweth, and J. M. Erlandson. 2018. Terminal Pleistocene–Holocene Avifauna of San Miguel and Santa Rosa Islands: Identifications of Previously Unidentified Avian Remains Recovered from Fossil Sites and Prehistoric Cave Deposits. Western North American Naturalist 78(3):370-403 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
57804 D. A. Guthrie. 2005. Distribution and provenance of fossil avifauna on San Miguel Island. Sixth California Islands Symposium. Institute of Wildlife Studies and National Park Service 35-42 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
38588 D. A. Guthrie, H. W. Thomas, and G. L. Kennedy. 2000. An extinct Late Pleistocene Puffin from the Southern California Channel Islands. (Aves: Alcidae). Proceedings of a Fifth California Islands Symposium 525-530 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]