Sharktooth Hill (Miocene of the United States)

Also known as UCMP 1292, UCMP V2401, UCMP V6323, UCMP V6843, UCMP V69169, UCMP V71013

Where: Kern County, California (35.5° N, 118.9° W: paleocoordinates 35.3° N, 113.7° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Round Mountain Member (Temblor Formation), Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)

• Sharktooth Hill Bonebed

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the LACM

Primary reference: P. A. Kloess and J. F. Parham. 2017. A specimen-based approach to reconstructing the late Neogene seabird communities of California. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 468:473-484 [M. Uhen/H. Reyes/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 197289: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 31.10.2018

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Aves
 Phoenicopteriformes - Palaelodidae
Megapaloelodus sp.
Megapaloelodus sp. Miller 1944 swimming flamingo
 Anseriformes - Anatidae
Presbychen abavus
Presbychen abavus Wetmore 1930 duck
 Procellariiformes - Diomedeidae
"Diomedea californica" = Phoebastria anglica, Diomedea sp.
"Diomedea californica" = Phoebastria anglica Lydekker 1891 albatross
Diomedea sp. Linnaeus 1758 albatross
 Procellariiformes - Procellariidae
Puffinus sp., Puffinus priscus, Puffinus mitchelli
Puffinus sp. Brisson 1760 shearwater
Puffinus priscus Miller 1961 shearwater
Puffinus mitchelli Miller 1961 shearwater
 Suliformes - Sulidae
Sula hutchisoni, Morus vagabundus
Morus vagabundus Wetmore 1930 gannet