CIT 320: Late/Upper Miocene, California

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri - Perciformes - Brotulidae
Eclipes santamonicae n. sp. David 1943
Actinopteri - Scombriformes - Scombridae
Scomber sanctaemonicae (Jordan 1919)
original and current combination Auxides sanctaemonicae
Actinopteri - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Lampanyctus sp. Bonaparte 1840
2 specimens
Actinopteri - Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei
Etringus scintillans Jordan 1907
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
Database number:185672
Authorizer:M. Uhen, J. Marcot Enterer:M. Uhen, J. Marcot
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2017-05-09 09:53:14 Last modified:2017-05-09 09:53:14
Access level:the public Released:2017-05-09 09:53:14
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]