Loretta Street: Piacenzian, California

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Myliobatis sp. Cuvier 1816
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Isurus cf. oxyrhynchus (Rafinesque 1810)
original and current combination Isurus oxyrinchus
Carcharodon sp. Smith 1838
Isurus cf. hastalis (Agassiz 1838)
recombined as Carcharodon hastalis
Actinopteri - Salmoniformes
Smilodonichthys sp. Cavender and Miller 1972
Actinopteri - Perciformes - Serranidae
Serranidae indet. Swainson 1839
Actinopteri - Sciaenidae
Sciaenidae indet. (Cuvier 1828)
original and current combination Sciaenoidei
Reptilia
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758
Reptilia - Gaviidae
Gavia sp. Forster 1788
Howard 1982
Mammalia - Sirenia - Dugongidae
Hydrodamalis cuestae Domning 1978
Mammalia - Carnivora - Otariidae
Arctocephalus sp. Cuvier 1826
Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenopteridae
Balaenopteridae indet. Gray 1864
Mammalia - Cetacea - Cetotheriidae
aff. Herpetocetus sp. Van Beneden 1872
Mammalia - Cetacea
Delphinoidea indet. Flower 1865
Mammalia - Cetacea - Phocoenidae
Phocaenidae indet. (Gray 1825)
spelled with current rank as Phocoenidae
Mammalia - Cetacea - Delphinidae
Stenella sp. (Gray 1866)
Mammalia - Camelidae
Camelidae indet. Gray 1821
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Pliohippus sp. Marsh 1874
    = Equini indet. Quinn 1955
Alroy 2011
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:California County:San Diego
Coordinates: 33.2° North, 117.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:33.0° North, 116.4° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
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:San Mateo
Stratigraphy comments: Middle Pliocene
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray sandy siltstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: light gray sandy silts with some iron-cemented horizontal stringers
Environment:estuary/bay
Geology comments: estuarine to fluvial
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original phosphate
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:UCMP
Metadata
Also known as:UCMP V68144, V68145
Database number:52218
Authorizer:M. Uhen, J. Alroy Enterer:M. Uhen, J. Alroy
Modifier:B. Shipps Research group:vertebrate
Created:2005-08-01 10:37:58 Last modified:2017-02-26 16:26:16
Access level:the public Released:2005-08-01 10:37:58
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
6029.5% 34240D. P. Domning. 1978. Sirenian evolution in the North Pacific Ocean. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 118:1-176 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

35631 J. Alroy. 2011. Further attempts at halting the inevitable backwards progress of bad taxonomy. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
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]
1945 H. Howard. 1982. Fossil birds from Tertiary marine beds at Oceanside, San Diego County, California, with discriptions of two species of the genera Uria and Cepphus (Aves: Alcidae). Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 341:1-15 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]