San Clemente Island (Miocene of the United States)

Where: Los Angeles County, California (32.9° N, 118.5° W: paleocoordinates 32.2° N, 114.1° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: E. D. W. Mitchell and J. H. Lipps. 1964. Miocene marine vertebrates from San Clemente Island, California. Geological Society of America Special Papers 76:214-215 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/P. Holroyd]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 65985: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 26.09.2006

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Carnivora -
Fissipedia indet.
 Carnivora - Desmatophocidae
Allodesmus sp.
Allodesmus sp. Kellogg 1922 pinniped
 Perissodactyla -
aff. Desmostylia indet.
aff. Desmostylia indet. Reinhart 1953 desmostylian
 Perissodactyla - Paleoparadoxiidae
Paleoparadoxia tabatai
Paleoparadoxia tabatai Tokunaga 1939 desmostylian
 Cetacea - Delphinidae
Delphinidae indet.
Delphinidae indet. Gray 1821 dolphin
 Cetacea - Cetotheriidae
Cetotheriidae indet.
Cetotheriidae indet. Brandt 1872 whale
Actinopteri
 Teleostei -
Teleostei indet.
Chondrichthyes
 Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
Galeocerdo sp.
Galeocerdo sp. Müller and Henle 1837 tiger shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Hemigaleidae
Hemipristis sp.
Hemipristis sp. Agassiz 1835 ground shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Carcharhinus sp.
Carcharhinus sp. de Blainville 1816 requiem shark
 Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Isurus sp., ? Carcharodon sp.
Isurus sp. Rafinesque 1810 mackerel shark
? Carcharodon sp. Smith 1838 white shark
 Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Myliobatidae indet.
Myliobatidae indet. Bonaparte 1838 eagle ray