CIT 329: Late/Upper Miocene, California

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri - Scombriformes - Scombridae
Scomber sp. Linnaeus 1758
Actinopteri - Syngnathiformes - Syngnathidae
Syngnathus avus Jordan and Gilbert 1919
Actinopteri - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Lampanyctus petrolifer David 1943
Actinopteri - Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei
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: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:179733
Authorizer:M. Uhen, J. Marcot Enterer:M. Uhen, J. Marcot
Modifier:M. Uhen
Created:2016-06-28 16:13:16 Last modified:2017-07-24 11:00:52
Access level:the public Released:2016-06-28 16:13:16
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]