Where: Los Angeles County, California (34.2° N, 118.5° W: paleocoordinates 33.5° N, 114.4° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: upper Member (Modelo Formation), Serravallian (13.8 - 11.6 Ma)
• Mohnian–Delmontian
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: submarine fan; diatomaceous, white shale
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Reposited in the LACM
Primary reference: J. S. Denton. 2013. Lanternfish (Teleostei, Myctophiformes, Myctophidae) body fossils from the Modelo Formation (Upper Miocene) of Los Angeles County, California. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33(4):786-793 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 149545: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 07.08.2013, edited by Jonathan Marcot
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Phaeophyceae | |
Julescraneia grandicornis n. gen. n. sp.3
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Caulerpites | |
Caulerpites denticulata n. sp.3
Caulerpites denticulata n. sp.3 | |
Actinopteri | |
Stomias affinis2 Guunther 1887 [JDM] Locality not stated in text, but found from online LACM catalog
Chauliodus eximius1 Jordan 1925 | |
Lampanyctus sp. Bonaparte 1840 lanternfish
Myctophum sp. Rafinesque 1810 lanternfish
Bolinichthys sp. Paxton 1972 lanternfish | |
Paleocystophora acuminata n. sp.3, Paleocystophora plumosa n. sp.3, Paleohalidrys linguliformis n. sp.3
Paleocystophora acuminata n. sp.3 Parker and Dawson 1965
Paleocystophora plumosa n. sp.3 Parker and Dawson 1965
Paleohalidrys linguliformis n. sp.3 Parker and Dawson 1965 |