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