PBDB Collection

San Pedro Lumber Yard [San Pedro Sand]: Middle Pleistocene, California

List of taxa

Where & when

Geology

Taphonomy & methods

Metadata & references

Taxonomic list

unclassified

	Gasterosternus aculeatus	Langenwalter 1975

	Nothroptheriops cf. shastense	Langenwalter 1975
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Cancridae

	Cancer (Cancer) productus (Randall 1839)	Nations 1975
	original and current combination Cancer productus

	Cancer (Romaleon) jordani (Rathbun 1900)	Nations 1975
	recombined as Romaleon jordani

	Cancer (Metacarcinus) gracilis (Dana 1852)	Nations 1975
	recombined as Metacarcinus gracilis

	Cancer (Metacarcinus) anthonyi (Rathbun 1897)	Nations 1975
	recombined as Metacarcinus anthonyi
Osteichthyes

	Osteichthyes indet. Huxley 1880	Langenwalter 1975
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae

	Mammuthus sp. Brookes 1828
	DUPLICATE REF 2018 or 2019
Mammalia - Nothrotheriidae

	Nothrotheriops cf. shastensis (Sinclair 1905)
	original and current combination Nothrotherium shastense
	DUPLICATE REF 2018 or 2019
Mammalia - Megalonychidae

	Megalonychidae indet. Gervais 1855	Miller 1971
	= Megalonyx sp. Harlan 1825	Jefferson 1991
	DUPLICATE REF 2018 or 2019

	Megalonyx sp. Harlan 1825	Langenwalter 1975
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae

	Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758	Miller 1971
	mentioned by Taylor 1966 as "E. cf. occidentalis" from the "San Pedro Sand"
Mammalia - Cetacea

	Cetacea indet. Brisson 1762	Miller 1971

	Mysticeti indet. Cope 1891
Mammalia - Cetacea - Delphinidae

	Delphinidae indet. Gray 1821
Mammalia - Cervidae

	Odocoileus cf. hemionus (Rafinesque 1817)	Miller 1971
Mammalia - Antilocapridae

	Capromeryx sp. Matthew 1902	Miller 1971
Mammalia - Bovidae

	Bison cf. latifrons (Harlan 1825)	Miller 1971
Mammalia - Camelidae

	Camelops cf. hesternus (Leidy 1873)	Miller 1971
	= Camelops sp. Leidy 1854	Jefferson 1991
	DUPLICATE REF 2018 or 2019
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae

	Felis cf. atrox Leidy 1853	Miller 1971
	recombined as Panthera leo atrox

	Felis concolor Linnaeus 1771	Miller 1971
	recombined as Puma concolor

	Smilodon cf. californicus Bovard 1907	Miller 1971
	= Smilodon cf. fatalis Leidy 1868	Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Carnivora - Otariidae

	Arctocephalinae indet. (Scheffer and Rice 1963)

	Zalophus californianus (Lesson 1828)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

	Enhydra lutris (Linnaeus 1758)	Mitchell 1966
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

	Canis cf. dirus Leidy 1858	Miller 1971
	recombined as Aenocyon dirus
	confirmed by Nowak 1979
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae

	Sylvilagus cf. bachmani (Waterhouse 1839)	Miller 1971

	Lepus sp. Linnaeus 1758	Miller 1971

	Lepus sp. Linnaeus 1758	Langenwalter 1975
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae

	Citellus beecheyi	Miller 1971
	= Spermophilus beecheyi Richardson 1823	Alroy 2002
	recombined as Otospermophilus beecheyi
Mammalia - Rodentia - Geomyidae

	Thomomys bottae (Eydoux and Gervais 1836)	Miller 1971
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

	Microtus cf. californicus (Peale 1848)	Miller 1971

	Neotoma cf. fuscipes Baird 1858	Miller 1971
Reptilia - Squamata

	Squamata indet. Oppel 1811	Miller 1971
Reptilia - Serpentes

	Serpentes indet. Linnaeus 1758	Langenwalter 1975
Reptilia - Colubridae

	Pituophis melanoleucus (Daudin 1803)	Langenwalter 1975

	Lampropeltis getulus (Linnaeus 1766)	Langenwalter 1975
Reptilia - Crotalidae

	Crotalus viridis Rafinesque 1818	Langenwalter 1975
Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae

	Clemmys sp. Ritgen 1828	Langenwalter 1975
	= Emydinae indet. Rafinesque 1815	Alroy 2008
Reptilia - Testudines - Cheloniidae

	Cheloniidae indet. Bonaparte 1832	Langenwalter 1975
Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae

	Totanus sp. Cuvier 1800	Langenwalter 1975

	Limosa ? fedoa (Linnaeus 1758)	Howard 1949	1 specimen
Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Alcidae

	Synthliboramphus antiquus (Gmelin 1789)	Langenwalter 1975

	Ptychoramphus aleuticus (Pallas 1811)	Howard 1949	1 specimen
Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Laridae

	Larus glaucescens Naumann 1840	Langenwalter 1975
Reptilia - Odontophoridae

	Lophortyx californica (Shaw 1798)	Howard 1949	2 specimens
	recombined as Callipepla californica
Reptilia - Falconidae

	Falco sparverius Linnaeus 1758	Howard 1949	1 specimen
Reptilia - Gaviidae

	Gavia arctica (Linnaeus 1758)	Howard 1949	1 specimen
	Miller collection UCLA

	Gavia immer (Brunnich 1764)	Howard 1949	1 specimen
	UC "Lot 24"
Reptilia - Procellariidae

	Puffinus opisthomelas Coues 1864	Howard 1949	1 specimen

	Puffinus griseus (Gmelin 1789)	Howard 1949	1 specimen
	recombined as Ardenna grisea

	Fulmarus glacialis (Linnaeus 1761)	Langenwalter 1975
Reptilia - Diomedeidae

	Diomedea albatrus Pallas 1769	Howard 1949	1 specimen
	recombined as Phoebastria albatrus

	Diomedea sp. Linnaeus 1758	Langenwalter 1975

	Diomedea nigripes Audubon 1839	Langenwalter 1975
Reptilia - Suliformes - Phalacrocoracidae

	Phalacrocorax penicillatus (Brandt 1837)	Howard 1949	1 specimen
Reptilia - Anseriformes - Anatidae

	Anatidae indet. Vigors 1825	Howard 1949	3 specimens

	Chendytes lawi Miller 1925	Howard 1949	13 specimens

	Anser albifrons Scopoli 1769	Langenwalter 1975

	Branta canadensis (Linnaeus 1758)	Howard 1949	1 specimen

	Branta ? nigricans (Lawrence 1846)	Howard 1949	1 specimen
	recombined as Branta bernicla nigricans

	Melanitta perspicillata (Linnaeus 1758)	Howard 1949	1 specimen

	Melanitta deglandi (Bonaparte 1850)	Howard 1949	2 specimens
	recombined as Melanitta fusca deglandi

	Bucephala albeola (Linnaeus 1758)	Howard 1949	1 specimen

	Anas sp. Linnaeus 1758	Miller 1971

	Anas carolinensis Gmelin 1789	Howard 1949	3 specimens
	recombined as Anas crecca carolinensis

	Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus 1758	Langenwalter 1975

	Mareca americana (Gmelin 1789)	Howard 1949	1 specimen

	Histrionicus ? histrionicus (Linnaeus 1758)	Langenwalter 1975

	Spatula clypeata (Linnaeus 1758)	Langenwalter 1975
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Icteridae

	Sturnella neglecta Audubon 1844	Langenwalter 1975
Reptilia - Podicipediformes - Podicipedidae

	Colymbus ? auritus Linnaeus 1758	Howard 1949	1 specimen
	recombined as Podiceps auritus

	Colymbus nigricollis (Brehm 1831)	Howard 1949	1 specimen
	original and current combination Podiceps nigricollis

	Aechmophorus occidentalis (Lawrence 1858)	Howard 1949	2 specimens
Reptilia - Gruiformes - Rallidae

	Fulica americana Gmelin 1789	Howard 1949	3 specimens
Reptilia - Cathartiformes - Cathartidae

	Cathartes aura (Linnaeus 1758)	Langenwalter 1975

	Coragyps sp. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1853	Langenwalter 1975
Reptilia - Accipitriformes - Accipitridae

	Haliaeetus leucocephalus (Linnaeus 1766)	Langenwalter 1975
Amphibia - Temnospondyli

	Anura indet. (Fischer von Waldheim 1813)	Langenwalter 1975
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Ranidae

	Rana sp. Linnaeus 1758	Miller 1971

	cf. Rana sp. Linnaeus 1758	Langenwalter 1975
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Bufonidae

	Bufo sp. Laurenti 1768	Langenwalter 1975
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela

	Taricha sp. Gray 1850	Langenwalter 1975
Actinopteri

	Actinopterygia indet. (Cope 1871)	Langenwalter 1975
	spelled with current rank as Actinopteri

	Teleostei indet. Müller 1846	Langenwalter 1975
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Urolophidae

	Urolophus sp.	Miller 1971

	Urolophus ? halleri Cooper 1863	Langenwalter 1975
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae

	Myliobatinae indet.	Langenwalter 1975
Chondrichthyes - Selachii

	Selachii indet.	Langenwalter 1975
Chondrichthyes - Squalomorphii - Hexanchidae

	Notorhynchus sp. Ayres 1855	Langenwalter 1975
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae

	Carcharodon sp. Smith 1838	Langenwalter 1975
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae

	Carcharhinus sp. de Blainville 1816	Langenwalter 1975
see common names

Geography

Country:	United States	State/province:	California	County:	Los Angeles
Coordinates:	33.7° North, 118.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:	33.8° North, 118.3° West
Basis of coordinate:	based on political unit

Time

Period:	Quaternary	Epoch:	Pleistocene
Stage:	Chibanian	10 m.y. bin:	Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:	Middle Pleistocene
Age range of interval:	0.77400 - 0.12900 m.y. ago

Stratigraphy

Formation:	San Pedro
Stratigraphic resolution:	formation
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHY: Originally listed as "San Pedro"; reinterpreted as San Pedro Sand by Hendy (2021). AGE: Database shows this as "late Pleistocene", although entries from legacy fields only state "Max period: Quaternary Max epoch: Pleistocene"; should be middle Pleistocene if interpreted as San Pedro Sand (Hendy, 2021).

Lithology and environment

Primary lithology:	not reported
Environment:	marine indet.

Taphonomy

Modes of preservation:	body
Size of fossils:	macrofossils

Collection methods and comments

Reason for describing collection:	general faunal/floral analysis
Museum repositories:	LACM
Taxonomic list comments:said to be "18O substage 5e" by Jefferson 1991

Metadata

Also known as:	San Pedro Lumber Company, Hill number 48), San Pedro: LACM 1026, 1057 (? = LACM 187); (? UCMP 2047)
Database number:	20639
Authorizer:	J. Alroy, M. Uhen, M. Clapham	Enterer:	J. Alroy, M. Clapham, M. Uhen
Modifier:	A. Hendy	Research group:	vertebrate
Created:	1995-03-26 00:00:00	Last modified:	2021-11-13 19:38:48
Access level:	the public	Released:	1995-03-26 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:	CC BY

Reference information

Primary reference:

2018.

G. T. Jefferson. 1991. A catalogue of late Quaternary Vertebrates from California: Part Two, Mammals. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Technical Reports 7:1-129 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/P. Holroyd]

Secondary references:

6294		J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari]
26812		J. Alroy. 2008. Synonymies, reidentifications, and other arbitrary pronouncements mostly concerning fossil vertebrates. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
78337		A. Hendy. 2021. A review of the Quaternary Mollusca of the Palos Verdes Peninsula. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
66254		H. Howard. 1949. Avian fossils from the marine Pleistocene of southern California. The Condor 51:20-28 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
28773		P. E. Langenwalter. 1975. Marine studies of San Pedro Bay, California. Chordates: The fossil vertebrates of the Los Angeles-Long Beach harbors region 9:36-54 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
2588		W. E. Miller. 1971. Pleistocene vertebrates of the Los Angeles basin and vicinity:(exclusive of Rancho La Brea). Bulletin of the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, Science 10:1-124 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]
31164		E. D. Mitchell. 1966. Northeastern Pacific Pleistocene Sea Otters. Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 23(12):1897-1911 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
52667	decapod	J. D. Nations. 1975. The genus Cancer (Crustacea: Brachyura): systematics, biogeography and fossil record. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Science Bulletin 23:1-104 [C. Schweitzer/C. Schweitzer]