San Miguel Island V-16: Late/Upper Pleistocene, California
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Gaviidae
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Gavia immer
(Brunnich 1764)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Procellariidae
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Fulmarus glacialis
(Linnaeus 1761)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Puffinus griseus
(Gmelin 1789)
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8 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Ardenna grisea | ||||||||||
Puffinus tenuirostris
(Temminck 1823)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Ardenna tenuirostris | ||||||||||
Puffinus opisthomelas
Coues 1864
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Diomedeidae
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Phoebastria albatrus
(Pallas 1769)
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9 specimens | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Suliformes
- Phalacrocoracidae
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Phalacrocorax penicillatus
(Brandt 1837)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Phalacrocorax pelagicus
Pallas 1811
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Suliformes
- Sulidae
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Morus reyanus
Howard 1936
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Podicipediformes
- Podicipedidae
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Aechmophorus sp.
Coues 1862
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Podiceps nigricollis
Brehm 1831
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8 specimens | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Strigiformes
- Tytonidae
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Tyto alba
(Scopoli 1769)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Strigiformes
- Strigidae
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Athene cunicularia
(Molina 1782)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Anseriformes
- Anatidae
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Branta canadensis
(Linnaeus 1758)
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21 specimens | |||||||||
Chen caerulescens
(Linnaeus 1758)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Anser caerulescens | ||||||||||
Anser albifrons
Scopoli 1769
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Melanitta perspicillata
(Linnaeus 1758)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Melanitta fusca
(Linnaeus 1758)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Chendytes lawi
Miller 1925
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127 specimens | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Accipitriformes
- Accipitridae
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Haliaeetus leucocephalus
(Linnaeus 1766)
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21 specimens | |||||||||
Buteo jamaicensis
(Gmelin 1788)
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19 specimens | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Falconidae
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Polyborus plancus
(Miller 1777)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Falco peregrinus
Tunstall 1771
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Charadriiformes
- Charadriidae
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Pluvialis squatarola
(Linnaeus 1758)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Charadrius semipalmatus
Bonaparte 1825
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Charadriiformes
- Scolopacidae
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Numenius phaeopus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Phalaropus fulicaria
(Linnaeus 1758)
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12 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Phalaropus fulicarius | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Charadriiformes
- Alcidae
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Uria aalge
(Pontoppidan 1763)
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39 specimens | |||||||||
Synthliboramphus hypoleucus
(Xantas 1860)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Synthliboramphus antiquus
(Gmelin 1789)
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913 specimens | |||||||||
Ptychoramphus aleuticus
(Pallas 1811)
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840 specimens | |||||||||
Fratercula dowi
Guthrie et al. 2000
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13 specimens | |||||||||
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 | ||||||||||
Larus californicus
Lawrence 1854
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Larus delawarensis
Ord 1815
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Larus philadelphia
(Ord 1815)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Chroicocephalus philadelphia | ||||||||||
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: | poorly lithified sandstone |
Environment: | terrestrial 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: | 176102 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2016-01-28 09:55:26 | Last modified: | 2018-07-13 11:50:34 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-01-28 09:55:26 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
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] |