UCMP V99833, San Gregorio section, Half Moon Bay: Zanclean, California

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Rajidae
Raja cf. binoculata Girard 1855
recombined as Beringraja binoculata
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus 1758)
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Cetorhinidae
Cetorhinus maximus (Gunner 1765)
Mammalia - Cetacea - Delphinidae
cf. Globicephalinae indet. (Gray 1866)
Boessenecker 2013 2 specimens
Mammalia - Cetacea - Phocoenidae
cf. Phocoena sp. (Cuvier 1816)
Boessenecker 2013 1 specimen
Mammalia - Carnivora - Otariidae
Callorhinus cf. gilmorei Berta and Deméré 1986
Boessenecker 2013
Reptilia - Charadriiformes
Mancalla diegensis (Miller 1937)
1 specimen
nomen dubium belonging to Panalcidae
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:California County:San Mateo
Coordinates: 37.3° North, 122.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:37.1° North, 121.2° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Pliocene
Stage:Zanclean 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Zanclean
Age range of interval:5.33300 - 3.60000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Purisima
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Uppermost Zanclean on stratigraphic column, below 3.3-3.4 ma ash bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Secondary lithology: siltstone
Environment:coastal indet.
Geology comments: strong influence of physical processes (waves, etc.)
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Museum repositories:UCMP
Metadata
Database number:117471
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:vertebrate
Created:2011-09-22 03:28:37 Last modified:2017-04-01 16:54:51
Access level:the public Released:2011-09-22 03:28:37
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

37795. R. W. Boessenecker. 2011. A new marine vertebrate assemblage from the Late Neogene Purisima Formation in Central California, Part I: Fossil sharks, bony fish, birds, and implications for the age of the Purisimia Formation west of the San Gregorio Fault. PalArch's Journal of Vertebrate Palaeontology 8(4):1-30 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

49737 R. W. Boessenecker. 2013. A new marine vertebrate assemblage from the Late Neogene Purisima Formation in Central California, part II: Pinnipeds and Cetaceans. Geodiversitas 35(4):815-939 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]