CIT 326: Late/Upper Miocene, California

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri - Stomiatiformes - Stomiidae
Chauliodus barbatus Garman 1899
n. subsp. frazeri
    = Chauliodus eximius Jordan 1925
Crane 1966
Chauliodus barbatus frazeri was synonymized with C. eximius
Actinopteri - Argentiniformes - Microstomatidae
Bathylagus (Quaesita) angelensis (Jordan and Gilbert 1919)
recombined as Bathylagus angelensis
Actinopteri - Carangiformes - Carangidae
Decapterus cf. agilis (Jordan 1925)
Actinopteri - Scombriformes - Scombridae
Scomber sp. Linnaeus 1758
Actinopteri - Syngnathiformes - Syngnathidae
Syngnathus avus Jordan and Gilbert 1919
Hipposyngnathus imporcitor n. sp. Fritzsche 1980
Fritzsche 1980
Actinopteri - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Lampanyctus petrolifer n. sp. David 1943
Lampanyctus bolini n. sp. David 1943
recombined as Diaphus bolini
Actinopteri - Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:California County:Los Angeles
Coordinates: 34.2° North, 118.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:33.7° North, 115.9° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Late/Upper Miocene
Age range of interval:11.63000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Modelo Member:Lower
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:diatomaceous "shale"
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:152598
Authorizer:M. Uhen, J. Marcot Enterer:S. Alam, M. Uhen, J. Marcot
Modifier:M. Uhen
Created:2013-11-26 18:53:30 Last modified:2017-07-24 10:58:55
Access level:the public Released:2013-11-26 18:53:30
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
62254. L. R. David. 1943. Miocene Fishes of Southern California. Geological Society of America Special Paper 43:1-187 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

68731 J. M. Crane, Jr. 1966. Late Tertiary radiation of viperfishes (Chauliodontidae) based on a comparison of Recent and Miocene species. Contributions in Science, Los Angeles County Museum 115:1-29 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]
70153 R. A. Fritzsche. 1980. Revision of the eastern Pacific Syngnathidae (Pisces: Syngnathiformes), including both recent and fossil forms. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 42(6):181-227 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]