CIT 382: Late/Upper Miocene, California

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula sp. Bruguière 1789
Actinopteri - Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei
Etringus scintillans Jordan 1907
Actinopteri - Sciaenidae
? Lompoquia sp. Jordan and Gilbert 1919
Actinopteri - Perciformes - Brotulidae
? Eclipes sp. Jordan and Gilbert 1919
Actinopteri - Scombriformes - Scombridae
Scomber sp. Linnaeus 1758
Actinopteri - Stomiatiformes - Stomiidae
Chauliodus barbatus Garman 1899
as Chauliodus barbatus frazeri
Actinopteri - Stomiatiformes - Sternoptychidae
Argyropelecus bullockii David 1943
Actinopteri - Stomiatiformes - Gonostomatidae
Cyclothone cf. solitudinis (Jordan 1907)
Actinopteri - Argentiniformes - Microstomatidae
Bathylagus (Quaesita) angelensis (Jordan and Gilbert 1919)
recombined as Bathylagus angelensis
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:California County:Los Angeles
Coordinates: 34.1° North, 118.4° 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: "shale"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: hard, siliceous shale
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:core
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:167462
Authorizer:W. Kiessling, M. Uhen, J. Marcot Enterer:M. Krause, J. Marcot, M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2015-03-18 03:34:37 Last modified:2017-07-24 11:09:07
Access level:the public Released:2015-03-18 03:34:37
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:

54634 P. Blanchon, M. Granados-Corea, E. Abbey, J. C. Braga, and C. Braithwaite. 2014. Postglacial Fringing-Reef to Barrier-Reef conversion on Tahiti links Darwin's reef types. Scientific Reports 4(4997):1-9 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/M. Uhen]