Brown's Canyon: Miocene, California

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri - Scombriformes - Scombridae
Auxides sanctaemonicae Jordan 1919
Actinopteri - Beloniformes - Forficidae
Rhomurus fulcratus Jordan 1919
Actinopteri - Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei
Ganolytes cameo Jordan 1919
Etringus scintillans Jordan 1907
Cobitopsidae
Rogenites bowersi (Jordan 1907)
original and current combination Rogenio bowersi
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:California County:Los Angeles
Coordinates: 34.1° North, 118.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:33.4° North, 114.0° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Key time interval:Miocene
Age range of interval:23.03000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Monterey
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:yellow sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: pale yellowish 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
Metadata
Database number:186006
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2017-06-06 10:58:11 Last modified:2017-06-06 11:20:04
Access level:the public Released:2017-06-06 10:58:11
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

62412. D. S. Jordan. 1919. Fossil fishes from the Soledad deposits of Southern California. Leland Stanford Junior University, University Series 3-12 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]