San Miguel (Pleistocene to of the United States)

Also known as CCSD SMI-V-7, SMI-V-10 through SMI-V-12

Where: San Luis Obispo County, California (35.8° N, 120.7° W: paleocoordinates 35.8° N, 120.7° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Rancholabrean to Rancholabrean (0.3 - 0.0 Ma)

• numerous determinations 14C 32,143 +- 787 to 11,890 +- 95 yr BP; localities or levels listed as "CCSD SMI-V-7, SMI-V-10 through SMI-V-12" in Jefferson 1991 Part II and as "CCSD SMI-V-1 through SMI-V-12" in Jefferson 1991 Part I

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

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

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 84904: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 17.11.2008, edited by Patricia Holroyd and Bethany Allen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Aves
 Strigiformes - Strigidae
Asio cf. priscus1 Howard 1964 true owl
 Strigiformes - Tytonidae
Tyto alba1 Scopoli 1769 barn owl
 Podicipediformes - Podicipedidae
Podiceps nigricollis1 Brehm 1831 black-necked grebe
 Anseriformes - Anatidae
Branta canadensis1 Linnaeus 1758 Canada goose
"Chen caerulescens" = Anser caerulescens1 Linnaeus 1758 snow goose
Melanitta perspicillata1 Linnaeus 1758 surf scoter
Melanitta fusca1 Linnaeus 1758 velvet scoter
cf. Mergus serrator1 Linnaeus 1758 red-breasted merganser
Chendytes lawi1 Miller 1925 Law's diving-goose
 Passeriformes -
Passeriformes indet.1 Linnaeus 1758 perching bird
 Passeriformes - Passerellidae
Melospiza melodia1 Wilson 1810 song sparrow
Zonotrichia leucophrys1 Forster 1772 white-crowned sparrow
 Passeriformes - Corvidae
Corvus corax1 Linnaeus 1758 common raven
 Cathartiformes - Cathartidae
Gymnogyps californianus1 Shaw 1797 California condor
 Gaviiformes - Gaviidae
Gavia pacifica1 Lawrence 1858 Pacific loon
 Suliformes - Phalacrocoracidae
Phalacrocorax penicillatus1 Brandt 1837 Brandt's cormorant
Phalacrocorax pelagicus1 Pallas 1811 pelagic cormorant
 Pelecaniformes - Threskiornithidae
Plegadis chihi1 Vieillot 1817 white-faced ibis
 Pelecaniformes - Ardeidae
Ardea herodias1 Linnaeus 1758 great blue heron
 Procellariiformes - Hydrobatidae
Oceanodroma homochroa1 Coues 1864 ashy storm-petrel
 Procellariiformes - Procellariidae
Fulmarus glacialis1 Linnaeus 1761 northern fulmar
Puffinus opisthomelas1 Coues 1864 black-vented shearwater
"Puffinus griseus" = Ardenna grisea1 Gmelin 1789 sooty shearwater
 Procellariiformes - Diomedeidae
"Diomedea albatrus" = Phoebastria albatrus1
"Diomedea albatrus" = Phoebastria albatrus1 Pallas 1769 short-tailed albatross
 Falconiformes - Falconidae
Falco sparverius1 Linnaeus 1758 American kestrel
Polyborus plancus1 Miller 1777 southern caracara
 Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae
Calidris mauri1 Cabanis 1857 western sandpiper
 Charadriiformes - Laridae
Larus cf. occidentalis1 Audubon 1839 western gull
Larus delawarensis1 Ord 1815 ring-billed gull
Larus californicus1 Lawrence 1854 California gull
 Charadriiformes - Alcoidae
Synthliboramphus hypoleucus1 Xantas 1860 Guadalupe murrelet
Cerorhinca sp.1 Bonaparte 1828 auk
Uria aalge1 Pontoppidan 1763 Common murre
Cepphus cf. columba1 Pallas 1811 pigeon guillemot
Ptychoramphus aleuticus1 Pallas 1811 Cassin's auklet
 Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
Haliaeetus leucocephalus1 Linnaeus 1766 bald eagle
Buteo jamaicensis1 Gmelin 1788 red-tailed hawk
Reptilia
 Squamata - Crotalidae
Crotalus viridis1 Rafinesque 1818 prairie rattlesnake
 Squamata - Anguidae
Gerrhonotus multicarinatus1 alligator lizard
Mammalia
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Enhydra lutris Linnaeus 1758 sea otter
 Carnivora - Canidae
Urocyon littoralis2 Baird 1857 island gray fox
SBMNH-127 at V-7c (age 6400-6210 BP 14C); SBMNH-397 at V-10c (age 950-800 BP 14C); SBMNH-138 at V-11 (age 300-0 BP 14C)