San Miguel Island V-10 (Pleistocene of the United States)

Also known as Gull Rock west

Where: Santa Barbara County, California (34.0° N, 120.3° W: paleocoordinates 34.0° N, 120.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: eolian; lithology not reported

• eolianite

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: D. A. Guthrie, H. W. Thomas, and G. L. Kennedy. 2000. An extinct Late Pleistocene Puffin from the Southern California Channel Islands. (Aves: Alcidae). Proceedings of a Fifth California Islands Symposium 525-530 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 120829: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 22.11.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Aves
 Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
Haliaeetus leucocephalus1 Linnaeus 1766 bald eagle
Buteo jamaicensis1 Gmelin 1788 red-tailed hawk
 Cathartiformes - Cathartidae
Gymnogyps californianus1 Shaw 1797 California condor
 Podicipediformes - Podicipedidae
Podiceps nigricollis1 Brehm 1831 black-necked grebe
Podiceps auritus3 Linnaeus 1758 horned grebe
 Strigiformes - Strigidae
Asio priscus1 Howard 1964 true owl
 Anseriformes - Anatidae
Melanitta fusca1 Linnaeus 1758 velvet scoter
Melanitta perspicillata1 Linnaeus 1758 surf scoter
Mergus serrator1 Linnaeus 1758 red-breasted merganser
"Chen caerulescens" = Anser caerulescens1 Linnaeus 1758 snow goose
Branta canadensis3 Linnaeus 1758 Canada goose
Chendytes lawi1 Miller 1925 Law's diving-goose
 Passeriformes - Corvidae
Corvus corax1 Linnaeus 1758 common raven
 Passeriformes - Alaudidae
Eremophila alpestris1 Linnaeus 1759 horned lark
 Passeriformes - Icteridae
Sturnella neglecta3 Audubon 1844 western meadowlark
 Suliformes - Phalacrocoracidae
Phalacrocorax penicillatus3 Brandt 1837 Brandt's cormorant
 Procellariiformes - Procellariidae
Puffinus opisthomelas1 Coues 1864 black-vented shearwater
Fulmarus glacialis3 Linnaeus 1761 northern fulmar
 Gaviiformes - Gaviidae
Gavia pacifica3 Lawrence 1858 Pacific loon
 Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae
Calidris alba3 Pallas 1764 sanderling
 Charadriiformes - Alcoidae
Fratercula dowi Guthrie et al. 2000 puffin
Fratercula cirrhata3 Pallas 1769 tufted puffin
Ptychoramphus aleuticus1 Pallas 1811 Cassin's auklet
Synthliboramphus antiquus1 Gmelin 1789 Ancient murrelet
Synthliboramphus hypoleucus1 Xantas 1860 Guadalupe murrelet
Uria aalge3 Pontoppidan 1763 Common murre
 Charadriiformes - Charadriidae
Pluvialis squatarola3 Linnaeus 1758 black-bellied plover
Charadrius semipalmatus3 Bonaparte 1825 semipalmated plover
Mammalia
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Microtus miguelensis n. sp.2 Guthrie 1998 vole