UCMP loc. V-93124, Newport Boulevard, Costa Mesa (Pleistocene of the United States)

Where: Orange County, California (33.7° N, 117.9° W: paleocoordinates 33.7° N, 117.9° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Palos Verdes Sand Formation, Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• estimated to be about 120,000 to 130,000 years old (Barrie et al., 1991)

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: D. J. Long. 1993. Preliminary List of the Marine Fishes and Other Vertebrate Remains from the Late Pleistocene Palos Verdes Sand Formation at Costa Mesa, Orange County, California. PaleoBios 15(1):9-13 [M. Uhen/S. Strother]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 190889: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 20.12.2017

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Chondrichthyes
 Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
 Myliobatiformes - Urolophidae
Urolophus halleri Cooper 1863 round ray
 Heterodontiformes - Heterodontidae
Heterodontus francisci bullhead shark
 Squatiniformes - Squatinidae
 Rajiformes - Rajidae
Raja sp. Linnaeus 1758 skate
 Rajiformes - Platyrhinidae
 Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
 Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae
Galeorhinus galeus Linnaeus 1758 school shark
Mustelus henlei hound shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Carcharhinus sp. de Blainville 1816 requiem shark
Carcharhinus brachyurus Gunther 1870 requiem shark
Rhizoprionodon longurio Jordan and Gilbert 1882 sharpnose shark
 Lamniformes - Lamnidae
"Isurus oxyrhinchus" = Isurus oxyrinchus, Carcharodon carcharias
"Isurus oxyrhinchus" = Isurus oxyrinchus Rafinesque 1810 mackerel shark
Carcharodon carcharias Linnaeus 1758 great white shark
 Lamniformes - Alopiidae
Alopias vulpinus Bonnaterre 1788 thresher shark
Mammalia
 Placentalia -
Lagomorpha indet. Brandt 1885 placental
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Camelops hesternus Leidy 1873 camel
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bison sp. Hamilton-Smith 1827 bison
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Enhydra lutris Linnaeus 1758 sea otter
 Carnivora - Otariidae
Eumetopias jubatus Schreber 1776 Steller sea lion
Zalophus californianus Lesson 1828 California sea lion
Reptilia
 Testudines - Emydidae
"Clemmys marmorata" = Emys marmorata
"Clemmys marmorata" = Emys marmorata Baird and Girard 1852 western pond turtle
Aves
 Charadriiformes - Alcoidae
Uria aalge Pontoppidan 1763 Common murre
 Procellariiformes - Diomedeidae
Diomedea sp. Linnaeus 1758 albatross
 Procellariiformes - Procellariidae
Puffinus sp. Brisson 1760 shearwater
 Gaviiformes - Gaviidae
Gavia sp. Forster 1788 loon
Osteichthyes
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Engraulis mordax Girard 1845
Actinopteri
 Gadiformes - Gadidae
Microgadus proximus Girard 1845
 Ophidiiformes - Ophidiidae
 Batrachoidiformes - Batrachoididae
 Gobiiformes - Gobiidae
Lepidogobius lepidus Girard 1858 goby
 Acanthomorphata - Sciaenidae
 Perciformes - Cottidae
Leptocottus armatus Girard 1854 perch-like fish
 Perciformes - Sparidae
Calamus brachysomus perch-like fish
 Perciformes - Serranidae
Seriphus politus Ayres 1860 perch-like fish
 Perciformes - Scorpaenidae
Sebastes diploproa perch-like fish
Sebastes helvomaculatus perch-like fish
Sebastes sp. Cuvier 1829 perch-like fish
Sebastes jordani Gilbert 1896 perch-like fish
 Acanthomorphata - Embiotocidae
Cymatogaster aggregata, "Damalichthys vacca" = Rhacochilus vacca
"Damalichthys vacca" = Rhacochilus vacca Girard 1855
 Atheriniformes - Atherinopsidae
Atherinopsis californiensis Girard 1854 silverside
 Pleuronectiformes - Paralichthyidae
Paralichthys californicus Ayres 1859 flatfish
 Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei
Sardinops sagax Jenyns 1842 herring
 Acanthopteri - Sphyraenidae
Sphyraena argentea Girard 1854 barracuda
 Scorpaeniformes -