Elysian Park: Late/Upper Miocene, California

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri - Beloniformes - Belonidae
Scomberesox edwardsi n. sp. Jordan and Gilbert 1919
Jordan and Gilbert 1919
Actinopteri - Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei
Clupea tiejei n. sp. David 1943
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:California County:Los Angeles
Coordinates: 34.1° North, 118.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:33.7° North, 115.7° 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
Formation:Modelo Member:lower
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "shale"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: hard siliceous 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:185680
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2017-05-09 11:58:14 Last modified:2017-05-09 11:58:14
Access level:the public Released:2017-05-09 11:58:14
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]

Secondary references:

24992 D. S. Jordan and J. Z. Gilbert. 1919. Fossil Fishes of the Miocene (Monterey) Formations. Leland Stanford Junior University Publications, University Series 13-60 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]