San Clemente: Messinian, California
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Charadriiformes
- Alcidae
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Miomancalla howardi n. sp.
Smith 2011
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Smith 2011 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Ziphiidae
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Ziphiidae indet.
Gray 1850
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Deering et al. 2007 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| undescribed species | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Odobenidae
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Gomphotaria pugnax n. gen., n. sp.
Barnes and Raschke 1991
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | California | County: | Orange |
| Coordinates: | 33.4° North, 117.6° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 33.1° North, 115.7° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Messinian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Messinian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 7.24600 - 5.33300 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Capistrano | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: latest Miocene, 5 to 8.5 Ma |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | brown,gray sandy siltstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | offshore |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | LACM |
Metadata
| Also known as: | LACM 4631 | ||
| Database number: | 59067 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-03-08 13:07:37 | Last modified: | 2008-03-03 11:00:05 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-03-08 13:07:37 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 16776. | L. G. Barnes and R. E. Raschke. 1991. Gomphotaria pugnax, a new genus and species of late Miocene dusignathine otariid pinniped (Mammalia: Carnivora) from California. Contributions in Science 426:1-16 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 26604 | M. R. Deering, L. G. Barnes, S. A. Siren, S. A. McLeod, M. O. Walsh and K. A. Rice. 2007. A fossil ziphiid whale (Cetacea: Odontoceti) from the latest Miocene Capistrano Formation in Southern Orange County, California. Southern California Academy of Sciences Bulletin 106(2):142-143 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 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] |