La Mirada (Pleistocene of the United States)

Where: Los Angeles County, California (33.9° N, 118.0° W: paleocoordinates 33.9° N, 118.0° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; unlithified, brown, gray, green, red siltstone and unlithified sandstone

• silts and sands from grayish green to reddish brown

Primary reference: W. E. Miller. 1971. Pleistocene vertebrates of the Los Angeles basin and vicinity:(exclusive of Rancho La Brea). Bulletin of the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, Science 10:1-124 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 73752: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 27.06.2007, edited by John Alroy

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gnathostomata
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Chondrichthyes indet. Huxley 1880 cartilaginous fish
Amphibia
 Salientia - Ranidae
cf. Rana sp. Linnaeus 1758 frog
Mammalia
 Rodentia - Geomyidae
Thomomys bottae Eydoux and Gervais 1836 Botta's pocket gopher
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Peromyscus sp. Gloger 1841 deer mouse
Microtus cf. californicus Peale 1848 California vole
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Sylvilagus sp. Gray 1867 cottontail rabbit
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Camelops cf. hesternus Leidy 1873 camel
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Odocoileus cf. hemionus Rafinesque 1817 mule deer
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bison sp. Hamilton-Smith 1827 bison
 Carnivora - Felidae
Lynx rufus Schreber 1777 bobcat
 Carnivora - Phocidae
Phocidae indet. Gray 1821 seal
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus americanus Pallas 1780 black bear
 Carnivora - Canidae
"Canis cf. dirus" = Aenocyon dirus Leidy 1858 dire wolf
Urocyon cf. cinereoargenteus Schreber 1775 gray fox
Canis cf. latrans Say 1823 coyote
 Megatherioidea - Megalonychidae
Megalonyx sp. Harlan 1825 edentate
 Proboscidea - Mammutidae
Mammut pacificus2 Dooley et al. 2019 mastodon
Reptilia
 Testudines - Emydidae
Emydinae indet.1 Rafinesque 1815 turtle
 Serpentes -
Aves
 Anseriformes - Anatidae
Anatidae indet. Vigors 1825 waterfowl
 Galliformes - Meleagridae
Parapavo californicus Miller 1909 turkey
 Galliformes - Odontophoridae
"Lophortyx sp." = Callipepla
"Lophortyx sp." = Callipepla Wagler 1832 crested quail
originally entered as "Lophortyx indet."