Lawrence Canyon: Messinian, California
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Otodontidae
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| Pimiento and Balk 2015 | ||||||||||
| locality LACM 4297 SDNHM 3149 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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| Berta and Morgan 1985 | ||||||||||
| "Lawrence Canyon local fauna," Oceanside, San Mateo Co. (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Monodontidae
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| Barnes and Deméré 1991 | 1 specimen | |||||||||
| closest relative is Denebola brachycephala | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Mammalia
- Tayassuidae
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Reptilia
- Charadriiformes
- Alcidae
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| Smith 2011 | 1 specimen | |||||||||
| locality SDSNH 3177 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | California | County: | San Diego |
| Coordinates: | 33.2° North, 117.4° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | |||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Messinian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| *Period: | Tertiary | ||
| Key time interval: | Messinian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 7.246 - 5.333 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | San Mateo | Member: | upper gravel conglomerate unit | ||
| Local section: | Mateo | Local bed: | 2 | ||
| Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Messinian age added later by M. D. Uhen | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:member-level composite list; may include LACM 4301 (=UCMP V68106) and UCMP 6880 "Dinohippus (or possibly Pliohippus)" could be from this level) | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 19421 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, M. Uhen, C. Jaramillo | Enterer: | J. Alroy, M. Uhen, C. Pimiento |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1994-04-30 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1994-04-30 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 1369. | D. P. Domning and T. A. Deméré. 1984. New material of Hydrodamalis cuestae (Mammalia: Dugongidae) from the Miocene and Pliocene of San Diego County, California. Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History 20(12):169-188 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 24284 | L. G. Barnes and T. A. Deméré. 1991. A new beluga-like monodontid (Mammalia: Cetacea) from the late Miocene San Mateo Formation at Oceanside, California. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 11(3):15A [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 1066 | A. Berta and G. S. Morgan. 1985. A new sea otter (Carnivora: Mustelidae) from the late Miocene and early Pliocene (Hemphillian) of North America. Journal of Paleontology 59(4):809-819 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] | |
| 49081 | C. Pimiento and M. Balk. 2015. The extinct giant shark Carcharocles megalodon: A model for understanding deep-time body size trends of marine apex predators. [C. Jaramillo/C. Pimiento/C. Pimiento] | |
| 38584 | N. A. Smith. 2011. Taxonomic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the flightless Mancallinae (Aves, Pan-Alcidae). ZooKeys 91:1-116 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |