CIT 380 (Miocene of the United States)
Where: Los Angeles County, California (34.1° N, 118.4° W: paleocoordinates 33.7° N, 115.9° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Lower Member (Modelo Formation), Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified shale
• hard, siliceous shale
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: L. R. David. 1943. Miocene Fishes of Southern California. Geological Society of America Special Paper 43:1-187 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 186660: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 29.06.2017, edited by Jonathan Marcot
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia | |
Corbula sp. Bruguière 1789 clam | |
Actinopteri | |
Cyclothone cf. solitudinis Jordan 1907 | |
? Eclipes sp. Jordan and Gilbert 1919 perch-like fish | |
"Bathylagus (Quaesita) angelensis" = Bathylagus angelensis
"Bathylagus (Quaesita) angelensis" = Bathylagus angelensis Jordan and Gilbert 1919 | |
Ganolytes cameo Jordan 1919 herring |