CIT 334: Late/Upper Miocene, California

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri - Stomiatiformes - Stomiidae
Chauliodus eximius (Jordan 1925)
Crane 1966
Actinopteri - Perciformes - Scorpaenidae
Sebastodes (Rixator) porteousi (Jordan and Gilbert 1920)
Scorpaena ensiger (Jordan and Gilbert 1919)
Actinopteri - Scombriformes - Scombridae
Sarda stockii n. sp. David 1943
Actinopteri - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Lampanyctus sp. Bonaparte 1840
Actinopteri - Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei
Ganolytes cameo Jordan 1919
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:California County:Los Angeles
Coordinates: 34.1° North, 118.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:33.7° North, 116.0° 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:11.60800 - 5.33300 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Modelo
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: siliceous sandstone
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Museum repositories:CIT
Metadata
Also known as:LACM 1035
Database number:185670
Authorizer:M. Uhen, J. Marcot Enterer:M. Uhen, J. Marcot
Modifier:J. Marcot Research group:vertebrate
Created:2017-05-09 09:52:19 Last modified:2019-04-18 12:21:59
Access level:the public Released:2017-05-09 09:52:19
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]