U.S. Veterans Hospital (Pleistocene of the United States)

Also known as LACM 3757
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Where: Los Angeles County, California (34.0° N, 118.2° W: paleocoordinates 34.0° N, 117.9° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Palos Verdes Sand Formation, Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Reposited in the LACM

Primary reference: G. T. Jefferson. 1991. A catalogue of late Quaternary Vertebrates from California: Part Two, Mammals. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Technical Reports 7:1-129 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/P. Holroyd]more details

PaleoDB collection 20646: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.03.1995, edited by Mark Uhen

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Taxonomic list

• said to be "18O substage 5e"
Chondrichthyes
 Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
"Carcharinidae indet." = Carcharhinidae2, Prionace glauca2
"Carcharinidae indet." = Carcharhinidae2 Jordan and Evermann 1896 requiem shark
Prionace glauca2 blue shark
 Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Carcharodon carcharias2 Linnaeus 1758 great white shark
 Squatiniformes - Squatinidae
 Myliobatiformes - Urolophidae
Urolophus ? halleri2 Cooper 1863 round ray
 Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
"Myliobatus californicus" = Myliobatis2
"Myliobatus californicus" = Myliobatis2 eagle ray
Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
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 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Hemiauchenia sp. Gervais and Ameghino 1880 camel
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 Cetacea -
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Enhydra sp.2 Fleming 1822 sea otter
 Carnivora - Canidae
Canis cf. latrans Say 1823 coyote
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 Rodentia - Geomyidae
Thomomys sp. Wied-Neuwied 1839 pocket gopher
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Reptilia
 Testudines - Emydidae
Emydinae indet.1 Rafinesque 1815 turtle
Aves
 Gaviiformes - Gaviidae
Gavia sp.2 Forster 1788 loon
 Anseriformes - Anatidae
Chendytes lawi2 Miller 1925 Law's diving-goose
Reptilia
 Squamata -
Squamata indet.2 squamates
Actinopteri
 Acanthomorphata - Sciaenidae
Genyonemus lineatus2 Ayres 1855
 Pleuronectiformes - Paralichthyidae
Citharichthys sp.2 Bleeker 1862 flatfish
 Acanthomorphata - Embiotocidae
"Damalichthys vacca" = Rhacochilus vacca2
"Damalichthys vacca" = Rhacochilus vacca2 Girard 1855
 Gadiformes - Merlucciidae