UCMP V99849, San Gregorio section, Half Moon Bay: Piacenzian, California
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
|
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Cetorhinidae
|
|||||||
|
Cetorhinus maximus
(Gunner 1765)
|
|||||||
|
Actinopteri
- Scombriformes
- Scombridae
|
|||||||
|
Thunnus sp.
South 1845
|
1 specimen | ||||||
|
Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Balaenopteridae
|
|||||||
|
Balaenoptera bertae n. sp.
Boessenecker 2013
|
Boessenecker 2013 | 1 specimen | |||||
| recombined as Marzanoptera bertae | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | California | County: | San Mateo |
| Coordinates: | 37.3° North, 122.4° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 37.1° North, 121.5° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| Stage: | Piacenzian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Piacenzian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 3.60000 - 2.58000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Purisima | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Upper part of the section, latest Piacenzian, just below ash bed correlated with 2.4-2.6 Ma tuff |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Secondary lithology: | siltstone |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
| Geology comments: strong influence of physical processes (waves, etc.) | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Museum repositories: | UCMP |
Metadata
| Database number: | 184957 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2017-04-01 16:10:23 | Last modified: | 2017-04-01 16:41:47 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2017-04-01 16:10:23 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 37795. | R. W. Boessenecker. 2011. A new marine vertebrate assemblage from the Late Neogene Purisima Formation in Central California, Part I: Fossil sharks, bony fish, birds, and implications for the age of the Purisimia Formation west of the San Gregorio Fault. PalArch's Journal of Vertebrate Palaeontology 8(4):1-30 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 49737 | R. W. Boessenecker. 2013. A new marine vertebrate assemblage from the Late Neogene Purisima Formation in Central California, part II: Pinnipeds and Cetaceans. Geodiversitas 35(4):815-939 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |