Rancho del Oro, Pleistocene: Late Pleistocene, California
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Charadriiformes
- Scolopacidae
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Phalaropus lobatus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Pelecaniformes
- Pelecanidae
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Pelecanus cf. erythrorhynchus
(Gmelin 1789)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Gruiformes
- Rallidae
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Fulica americana
Gmelin 1789
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11 specimens | |||||||||
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Rallus limicola
Vieillot 1819
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Cuculiformes
- Cuculidae
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Geococcyx californianus
(Lesson 1829)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Podicipediformes
- Podicipedidae
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Podilymbus podiceps
(Linnaeus 1758)
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11 specimens | |||||||||
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Podiceps parvus
(Schufeldt 1913)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Aechmophorus occidentalis
(Lawrence 1858)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| or A. clarki | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Anseriformes
- Anatidae
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Anatidae indet.
Vigors 1825
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Bucephala albeola fossilis
(Howard 1963)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Aythya affinis
(Eyton 1838)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Oxyura jamaicensis
(Gmelin 1789)
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16 specimens | |||||||||
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Anas clypeata
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Corvidae
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Aphelocoma californica
(Vigors 1839)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Vireonidae
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Vireo sp.
Vieillot 1808
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Cardinalidae
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Piranga ludoviciana
(Wilson 1811)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Passerellidae
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Emberizidae indet.
Vigors 1831
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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= Passerellidae indet.
Cabanis 1851
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Chesser et al. 2017 | |||||||||
| New World Emberizidae have been reassigned to this family | ||||||||||
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Melospiza cf. melodia
(Wilson 1810)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Icteridae
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Agelaius phoeniceus
(Linnaeus 1766)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Mimidae
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Toxostoma redivivum
(Gambel 1845)
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Odontophoridae
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Callipepla californica
(Shaw 1798)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | California | County: | San Diego |
| Coordinates: | 33.2° North, 117.3° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 33.2° North, 117.3° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
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: | unlithified sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | pond |
| Geology comments: Fresh water lagoon, with a surrounding vegetation of coastal sage scrub | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | sieve |
| Minimum sieve size: | 3.175 |
| Rock censused: | 500 kg |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Collection method comments: Repository: San Diego Natural History Museum (SDNHM) | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 176267 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen, M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Uhen, M. Clapham |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2016-02-04 13:24:11 | Last modified: | 2018-07-14 00:49:17 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-02-04 13:24:11 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 57927. | D. A. Guthrie. 2010. Avian material from Rancho del Oro, a Pleistocene locality in San Diego County, California. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 109(1):1-7 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 66316 | R. T. Chesser, K. J. Burns, C. Cicero, J. L. Dunn, A. W. Kratter, I. J. Lovette, P. C. Rasmussen, J. V. Remsen, Jr., J. D. Rising, D. F. Stotz, and K. Winker. 2017. Fifty-eighth supplement to the American Ornithological Society's Check-list of North American Birds. The Auk 134:751-773 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |