White Point (Miocene of the United States)
Also known as LACM (CIT) 341
Where: Los Angeles County, California (33.7° N, 118.3° W: paleocoordinates 33.0° N, 113.6° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Altamira Shale Member (Monterey Formation), Barstovian (16.0 - 13.6 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; shale
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the CIT, LACM
Primary reference: L. R. David. 1943. Miocene Fishes of Southern California. Geological Society of America Special Paper 43:1-187 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 85313: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 12.12.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia | |
Cetacea indet. Brisson 1762 whale | |
Actinopteri | |
cf. Eclipes extensus Jordan 1919 perch-like fish | |
"Alciola sp." = Thunnus (Alciola)
"Alciola sp." = Thunnus (Alciola) Jordan 1925 | |
Syngnathus sp. Linnaeus 1758 pipefish | |
Opisthonema palosverdensis n. sp.
Opisthonema palosverdensis n. sp. David 1943 herring | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Carcharias sp. Rafinesque 1810 sand shark | |
Pteroplatea lapislutosa n. sp.
Pteroplatea lapislutosa n. sp. David 1943 stingray |