San Miguel Island V-4: Late/Upper Pleistocene, California

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Alcidae
Synthliboramphus antiquus (Gmelin 1789)
32 specimens
Synthliboramphus hypoleucus (Xantas 1860)
Guthrie 2005 1 specimen
Ptychoramphus aleuticus (Pallas 1811)
149 specimens
Fratercula sp. Brisson 1760
491 specimens
Fratercula cirrhata (Pallas 1769)
Guthrie 2005 1 specimen
Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Laridae
Rissa tridactyla Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
Larus sp. Linnaeus 1758
3 specimens
large
Reptilia - Falconidae
Polyborus plancus (Miller 1777)
1 specimen
Reptilia - Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
Buteo jamaicensis (Gmelin 1788)
3 specimens
Reptilia - Strigiformes - Tytonidae
Tyto alba (Scopoli 1769)
Guthrie 2005 1 specimen
Reptilia - Anseriformes - Anatidae
Chendytes lawi Miller 1925
17 specimens
Reptilia - Diomedeidae
Diomedea albatrus Pallas 1769
1 specimen
recombined as Phoebastria albatrus
Reptilia - Procellariidae
Puffinus opisthomelas Coues 1864
4 specimens
Puffinus griseus (Gmelin 1789)
9 specimens
recombined as Ardenna grisea
Fulmarus glacialis (Linnaeus 1761)
4 specimens
Reptilia - Suliformes - Phalacrocoracidae
Phalacrocorax penicillatus (Brandt 1837)
6 specimens
Reptilia - Pelecaniformes - Ardeidae
Ardea herodias Linnaeus 1758
3 specimens
Reptilia - Pelecaniformes - Pelecanidae
Pelecanus occidentalis Linnaeus 1766
8 specimens
Reptilia - Gaviidae
Gavia arctica (Linnaeus 1758)
2 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:California County:Santa Barbara
Coordinates: 34.0° North, 120.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:34.0° North, 120.4° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Late/Upper Pleistocene
Age range of interval:0.12600 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: unlithified sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:coastal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:125234
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2012-03-07 06:43:35 Last modified:2016-01-28 10:04:54
Access level:the public Released:2012-03-07 06:43:35
Creative Commons license:CC BY
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:

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]