Lake Miramar, south: Lutetian, California
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Striatolamna macrota
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Roeder 1991 | |||||||||
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Haplostethus sp.
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Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Dasyatidae
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? Dasyatidae indet.
Jordan 1888
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Roeder 1991 | |||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
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Myliobatoidea indet.
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Chondrichthyes
- Rajiformes
- Rhinobatidae
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Rhinobatidae indet.
Müller and Henle 1837
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Roeder 1991 | |||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Heterodontiformes
- Heterodontidae
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Heterodontus sp.
de Blainville 1816
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Roeder 1991 | |||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Squatinidae
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Squatina sp.
Dumeril 1806
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Roeder 1991 | |||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Squalidae
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Squalus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Roeder 1991 | |||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Scyliorhinidae
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Abdounia sp.
Cappetta 1980
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Galeocerdidae
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Galeocerdo sp.
Müller and Henle 1837
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Lamnidae
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Isurus praecursor
Thurmond and Jones 1981
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Roeder 1991 | |||||||||
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Acipenseriformes
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Cylindracanthus sp.
Leidy 1856
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Roeder 1991 | |||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Priacanthidae
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Priacanthidae indet.
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Actinopteri
- Perciformes
- Serranidae
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Allomorone sp.
Frizzell and Dante 1965
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Roeder 1991 | |||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Perciformes
- Brotulidae
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Brotulidae indet.
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Actinopteri
- Haemulidae
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cf. Orthopristis sp.
Girard 1858
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Actinopteri
- Tetraodontiformes
- Tetraodontidae
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Tetraodontidae indet.
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Roeder 1991 | |||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Ophidiiformes
- Carapidae
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Carapidae indet.
Jordan and Fowler 1902
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Actinopteri
- Ophidiiformes
- Ophididae
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Bauzaia sp.
Frizzell and Dante 1965
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Roeder 1991 | |||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Blenniiformes
- Blenniidae
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Blenniidae indet.
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Roeder 1991 | |||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Scombriformes
- Scombridae
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Scombridae indet.
(Rafinesque 1815)
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Roeder 1991 | |||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Beryciformes
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Brazosiella sp.
Frizzell and Dante 1965
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Roeder 1991 | |||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Beryciformes
- Berycidae
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Beryx sp.
Cuvier 1829
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Actinopteri
- Siluriformes
- Ariidae
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Ariidae indet.
Berg 1958
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Actinopteri
- Anguilliformes
- Congridae
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cf. Ariosoma sp.
Swainson 1838
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Roeder 1991 | |||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Albuliformes
- Albulidae
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Albulidae indet.
Bleeker 1859
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Actinopteri
- Scorpaeniformes
- Triglidae
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Triglidae indet.
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella uvasana
Conrad 1855
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | California | County: | San Diego |
| Coordinates: | 32.9° North, 117.1° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 33.6° North, 103.1° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Lutetian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 |
| Key time interval: | Lutetian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 47.80000 - 41.20000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Poway | Formation: | Mission Valley | ||
| Stratigraphy comments: original age late Eocene, updated by Walsh et al. 1996 to Lutetian | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray,green sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: riable, light-olive-gray, fine- grained sandstone containing several concretionary layers 0.5 m thick that contain molluscan fossils | |
| 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
| Also known as: | LACM 3357 | ||
| Database number: | 200654 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2019-04-12 10:11:42 | Last modified: | 2019-11-18 15:17:55 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2019-04-12 10:11:42 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 3539. | M. P. Kennedy and G. W. Moore. 1971. Stratigraphic relations of Upper Cretaceous and Eocene Formations, San Diego coastal area, California. AAPG Bulletin 55(5):709-722 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 33014 | M. A. Roeder. 1991. A fossil fish fauna from the Upper Eocene Mission Valley Formation at the Lake Miramar Filtration Plant, San Diego, San Diego County, California. In P. L. Abbot, J. A. May (eds.), Pacific section SEPM 68:179-180 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 3546 | 5% 6300 | S. L. Walsh, D. R. Prothero, and D. J. Lundquist. 1996. Stratigraphy and paleomagnetism of the middle Eocene Friars Formation and Poway Group, southwestern San Diego County, California. In D. R. Prothero and R. J. Emry (eds.), The Terrestrial Eocene-Oligocene Transition in North America 120-154 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] |