San Miguel Island V-7 (Pleistocene of the United States)
Also known as Simonton Cove
Where: Santa Barbara County, California (34.1° N, 120.4° W: paleocoordinates 34.1° N, 120.4° 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. 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 125236: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 07.03.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Tyto alba Scopoli 1769 barn owl | |
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Podiceps nigricollis Brehm 1831 black-necked grebe
Aechmophorus sp. Coues 1862 grebe | |
Branta canadensis, "Chen caerulescens" = Anser caerulescens, Melanitta perspicillata2, Melanitta fusca, Mergus serrator2, Chendytes lawi
Branta canadensis Linnaeus 1758 Canada goose
"Chen caerulescens" = Anser caerulescens Linnaeus 1758 snow goose
Melanitta fusca Linnaeus 1758 velvet scoter
Chendytes lawi Miller 1925 Law's diving-goose | |
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Passeriformes indet. Linnaeus 1758 perching bird | |
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Melospiza melodia Wilson 1810 song sparrow
Zonotrichia leucophrys Forster 1772 white-crowned sparrow | |
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Corvus corax Linnaeus 1758 common raven | |
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Phalacrocorax penicillatus Brandt 1837 Brandt's cormorant
Phalacrocorax pelagicus Pallas 1811 pelagic cormorant | |
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Plegadis chihi Vieillot 1817 white-faced ibis | |
"Oceanodroma furcata" = Hydrobates furcatus2
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Fulmarus glacialis, Puffinus opisthomelas, "Puffinus griseus" = Ardenna grisea, "Puffinus tenuirostris" = Ardenna tenuirostris2
Fulmarus glacialis Linnaeus 1761 northern fulmar
Puffinus opisthomelas Coues 1864 black-vented shearwater
"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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Falco sparverius Linnaeus 1758 American kestrel
Polyborus plancus Miller 1777 southern caracara | |
"Phalaropus fulicaria" = Phalaropus fulicarius2, "Catoptrophorus semipalmatus" = Tringa semipalmata2, Calidris alba2
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Larus californicus Lawrence 1854 California gull | |
Synthliboramphus hypoleucus, Synthliboramphus antiquus, Uria aalge, Fratercula cirrhata2, Fratercula dowi2, Cepphus columba, Ptychoramphus aleuticus
Synthliboramphus hypoleucus Xantas 1860 Guadalupe murrelet
Synthliboramphus antiquus Gmelin 1789 Ancient murrelet
Uria aalge Pontoppidan 1763 Common murre
Cepphus columba Pallas 1811 pigeon guillemot
Ptychoramphus aleuticus Pallas 1811 Cassin's auklet | |
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Haliaeetus leucocephalus Linnaeus 1766 bald eagle
Buteo jamaicensis Gmelin 1788 red-tailed hawk | |