Lomita Quarry [Lomita Marl] (Pleistocene of the United States)

Also known as LACM 3065

Where: Los Angeles County, California (33.8° N, 118.3° W: paleocoordinates 33.8° N, 118.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Lomita Marl Formation, Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; marl

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Reposited in the LACM

Primary reference: D. P. Domning. 1978. Sirenian evolution in the North Pacific Ocean. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 118:1-176 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 52242: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 01.08.2005, edited by Carrie Schweitzer and Jonathan Marcot

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Aves
 Suliformes - Sulidae
? Sula willetti1
? Sula willetti1 Miller 1925 booby
Mammalia
 Sirenia - Dugongidae
Hydrodamalinae indet.
Hydrodamalinae indet. Palmer 1895 dugong
Chondrichthyes
 Lamniformes - Lamnidae
"Isurus hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis3, "Carcharodon riversi" = Carcharodon arnoldi3, Carcharodon purplei n. sp.3, Carcharodon branneri3, Carcharodon leviathan2
"Isurus hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis3 Agassiz 1838 white shark
"Carcharodon riversi" = Carcharodon arnoldi3 Jordan 1898 white shark
Carcharodon purplei n. sp.3 Jordan and Hanibal 1923 white shark
Carcharodon branneri3 Jordan 1907 white shark
Carcharodon leviathan2 Jordan and Hanibal 1923 white shark
 Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Carcharias lomitae n. sp.3, Carcharias virgatulus3
Carcharias lomitae n. sp.3 Jordan and Hanibal 1923 sand shark
Carcharias virgatulus3 Jordan and Hanibal 1923 sand shark
Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Cancridae
Glebocarcinus amphioetus4
Glebocarcinus amphioetus4 Rathbun 1898 crab
1Howard 1958; 2Jordan 1925; 3Jordan and Hanibal 1923; 4Nations 1975