CIT 334: Late/Upper Miocene, California
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri
- Stomiatiformes
- Stomiidae
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Chauliodus eximius
(Jordan 1925)
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Crane 1966 | ||||||
Actinopteri
- Perciformes
- Scorpaenidae
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Sebastodes (Rixator) porteousi
(Jordan and Gilbert 1920)
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Scorpaena ensiger
(Jordan and Gilbert 1919)
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Actinopteri
- Scombriformes
- Scombridae
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Sarda stockii n. sp.
David 1943
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Actinopteri
- Myctophiformes
- Myctophidae
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Lampanyctus sp.
Bonaparte 1840
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Actinopteri
- Clupeiformes
- Clupeoidei
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Ganolytes cameo
Jordan 1919
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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] |