Avilla Beach W: Piacenzian, California
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Balaenopteridae
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Albireonidae
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Albireo savagei n. sp.
Barnes 2008
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Otariidae
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Mammalia
- Sirenia
- Dugongidae
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Hydrodamalis cuestae n. sp.
Domning 1978
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Reptilia
- Gaviidae
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | California | County: | San Luis Obispo |
| Coordinates: | 35.2° North, 120.7° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | |||||
| Basis of coordinate: | unpublished field data | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| Stage: | Piacenzian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| *Period: | Late/Upper Tertiary | *Epoch: | Late/Upper Pliocene | *Local age/stage: | Blancan |
| Key time interval: | Piacenzian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 3.6 - 2.58 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | coarse,yellow poorly lithified sandstone |
| Lithology description: coarse-grained, yellowish colored, firm but not indurated sandstone that contains rounded cobbles | |
| Environment: | offshore shelf |
| Geology comments: high sedimentation rate, shallow-to-deep shelf, upwelling | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | UCMP |
Metadata
| Also known as: | UCMP V70148, UCMP V6616 | ||
| Database number: | 13451 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | B. Shipps | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2002-03-22 13:38:10 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-03-22 13:38:10 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 6029. | 5% 34240 | D. 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:
| 28389 | L. G. Barnes. 2008. Miocene and Pliocene Albireonidae (Cetacea, Odontoceti), Rare and unusual fossil dolphins from the Eastern North Pacific Ocean. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Science Series 41:99-152 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/P. Holroyd] |