Sierra Vista: Late/Upper Miocene, California
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Actinopteri
- Clupeiformes
- Clupeoidei
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Xyne grex
Jordan and Gilbert 1919
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | California | County: | Los Angeles |
| Coordinates: | 34.1° North, 118.2° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 33.7° North, 115.6° West |
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
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | diatomaceous,white "shale" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: white diatomaceous shale | |
| 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: | 185678 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2017-05-09 11:08:40 | Last modified: | 2017-05-09 11:08:40 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2017-05-09 11:08:40 |
| 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] |