Featherstone Quarry, Covina: Late/Upper Miocene, California

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri - Sciaenidae
Lompoquia retropes Jordan and Gilbert 1919
Jordan 1924
Actinopteri - Atheriniformes - Atherinopsidae
Zanteclites hubbsi Jordan and Gilbert 1919
Actinopteri - Scombriformes - Scombridae
Tunita sp. Jordan and Gilbert 1919
Actinopteri - Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei
Lembicus meiklejohni n. gen., n. sp. Jordan 1925
recombined as Ganoessus meiklejohni
Mammalia - Sternbergiidae
Sternbergia waitei n. gen., n. sp. Jordan 1925
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:California County:Los Angeles
Coordinates: 34.1° North, 117.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:33.7° North, 115.4° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
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:Puente
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:diatomaceous,white claystone
Lithology description: heavy white even diatomaceous rock containing much clay, not formed of pure diatoms
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:186045
Authorizer:M. Uhen, J. Marcot Enterer:M. Uhen, J. Marcot
Modifier:J. Marcot Research group:vertebrate
Created:2017-06-07 12:40:30 Last modified:2024-03-06 15:33:16
Access level:the public Released:2017-06-07 12:40:30
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
62427. D. S. Jordan. 1925. The fossil fishes of the Miocene of Southern California. Stanford University Publications. University Series 4(1):1-51 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

65374 D. S. Jordan. 1924. Description of Miocene fishes from Southern California. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 23(2):42-50 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]