San Pedro Incinerator [San Pedro Sand] (Pleistocene of the United States)

Also known as LACM 1602

Where: Los Angeles County, California (33.8° N, 118.3° W: paleocoordinates 33.8° N, 118.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Palos Verdes Sand Formation, Rancholabrean (0.3 - 0.0 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHY: Entered as "San Pedro"; reinterpreted as San Pedro Sand (Hendy, 2021).

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the LACM

Primary reference: P. E. Langenwalter. 1975. Marine studies of San Pedro Bay, California. Chordates: The fossil vertebrates of the Los Angeles-Long Beach harbors region 9:36-54 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 85314: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 12.12.2008, edited by John Alroy

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Amphibia
  -
Amphibia indet. Linnaeus 1758 tetrapod
Reptilia
 Testudines - Emydidae
"Clemmys marmorata" = Emys marmorata
"Clemmys marmorata" = Emys marmorata Baird and Girard 1852 western pond turtle
originally entered as "Clemmys marmarota"
 Testudines -
"Chelonia sp." = Testudines
"Chelonia sp." = Testudines Batsch 1788 turtle
Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Mammuthus sp. Brookes 1828 mammoth
 Carnivora - Otariidae
Zalophus sp. Gill 1866 California sea lion
 Carnivora - Canidae
"Canis dirus" = Aenocyon dirus
"Canis dirus" = Aenocyon dirus Leidy 1858 dire wolf
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
 Placentalia -
Cetacea indet. Brisson 1762 whale
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Odocoileus sp. Rafinesque 1832 New World deer
 Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae
Capromeryx sp. Matthew 1902 pronghorn
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Sylvilagus sp. Gray 1867 cottontail rabbit
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Peromyscus sp. Gloger 1841 deer mouse
Arvicolinae indet. Gray 1821 vole
 Rodentia - Geomyidae
Thomomys bottae Eydoux and Gervais 1836 Botta's pocket gopher
Actinopteri
 Acanthomorphata - Sciaenidae
 Labriformes - Labridae
"Pimelometopon pulchrum" = Semicossyphus
"Pimelometopon pulchrum" = Semicossyphus sheepshead
 Perciformes - Serranidae
Seriphus politus Ayres 1860 perch-like fish
 Batrachoidiformes - Batrachoididae
Porichthys notatus Girard 1854 toadfish
Porichthys myriaster Hubbs and Schultz 1939 toadfish
 Acanthomorphata - Embiotocidae
 Pleuronectiformes - Paralichthyidae
Citharichthys stigmaeus Jordan and Gilbert 1882 flatfish
Chondrichthyes
 Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Dasyatis dipterus whiptail stingray
 Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
 Rajiformes - Rajidae
Raja sp. Linnaeus 1758 skate
 Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae
 Squatiniformes - Squatinidae