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

Mammalia
 Placentalia -
Cetacea indet. Brisson 1762 whale
Actinopteri
 Perciformes - Brotulidae
cf. Eclipes extensus Jordan 1919 perch-like fish
 Scombriformes - Scombridae
"Alciola sp." = Thunnus (Alciola)
"Alciola sp." = Thunnus (Alciola) Jordan 1925
 Syngnathiformes - Syngnathidae
Syngnathus sp. Linnaeus 1758 pipefish
 Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei
Opisthonema palosverdensis n. sp. David 1943 herring
Chondrichthyes
 Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Carcharias sp. Rafinesque 1810 sand shark
 Myliobatiformes - Gymnuridae
Pteroplatea lapislutosa n. sp. David 1943 stingray