San Miguel Island V-12 (Pleistocene of the United States)
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: 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 125237: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 07.03.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Buteo jamaicensis Gmelin 1788 red-tailed hawk
Haliaeetus leucocephalus Linnaeus 1766 bald eagle | |
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Ptychoramphus aleuticus Pallas 1811 Cassin's auklet
Synthliboramphus antiquus Gmelin 1789 Ancient murrelet
Fratercula dowi Guthrie et al. 2000 puffin | |
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Polyborus plancus Miller 1777 southern caracara | |
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Gavia pacifica Lawrence 1858 Pacific loon | |
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"Chen caerulescens" = Anser caerulescens Linnaeus 1758 snow goose
Branta canadensis Linnaeus 1758 Canada goose
Chendytes lawi Miller 1925 Law's diving-goose | |
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Corvus corax Linnaeus 1758 common raven | |
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Asio priscus Howard 1964 true owl | |
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Gymnogyps californianus Shaw 1797 California condor | |