San Miguel Island V-4 (Pleistocene of the United States)
Where: Santa Barbara County, California (34.0° N, 120.4° W: paleocoordinates 34.0° N, 120.4° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: D. A. Guthrie. 1992. A late Pleistocene avifauna from San Miguel Island, California. Science Series (Los Angeles) 36:319-327 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 125234: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 07.03.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Rissa tridactyla Linnaeus 1758 black-legged kittiwake | |
Synthliboramphus hypoleucus, Synthliboramphus antiquus, Ptychoramphus aleuticus, Fratercula sp., Fratercula cirrhata
Synthliboramphus hypoleucus Xantas 1860 Guadalupe murrelet
Synthliboramphus antiquus Gmelin 1789 Ancient murrelet
Ptychoramphus aleuticus Pallas 1811 Cassin's auklet
Fratercula sp. Brisson 1760 puffin
Fratercula cirrhata Pallas 1769 tufted puffin | |
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Phalacrocorax penicillatus Brandt 1837 Brandt's cormorant | |
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Ardea herodias Linnaeus 1758 great blue heron | |
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Pelecanus occidentalis Linnaeus 1766 brown pelican | |
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Puffinus opisthomelas Coues 1864 black-vented shearwater
Fulmarus glacialis Linnaeus 1761 northern fulmar
"Puffinus griseus" = Ardenna grisea Gmelin 1789 sooty shearwater | |
"Diomedea albatrus" = Phoebastria albatrus
"Diomedea albatrus" = Phoebastria albatrus Pallas 1769 short-tailed albatross | |
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Gavia arctica Linnaeus 1758 Arctic loon | |
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Chendytes lawi Miller 1925 Law's diving-goose | |
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Tyto alba Scopoli 1769 barn owl | |
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Buteo jamaicensis Gmelin 1788 red-tailed hawk | |
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Polyborus plancus Miller 1777 southern caracara | |