U.S. Veterans Hospital: Late/Upper Pleistocene, California

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Myliobatus californicus
Langenwalter 1975
original and current combination Myliobatis
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Urolophidae
Urolophus ? halleri Cooper 1863
Langenwalter 1975
Chondrichthyes - Squatinidae
Squatina cf. californica
Langenwalter 1975
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Carcharinidae indet. (Jordan and Evermann 1896)
Langenwalter 1975
original and current combination Carcharhinidae
Prionace glauca
Langenwalter 1975
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus 1758)
Langenwalter 1975
Mammalia - Rodentia - Geomyidae
Thomomys sp. Wied-Neuwied 1839
DUPLICATE REF 2018 or 2019
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758
DUPLICATE REF 2018 or 2019
Mammalia - Camelidae
Hemiauchenia sp. Gervais and Ameghino 1880
DUPLICATE REF 2018 or 2019
Mammalia - Cetacea
Cetacea indet. (Brisson 1762)
Langenwalter 1975
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Enhydra sp. Fleming 1822
Langenwalter 1975
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Canis cf. latrans Say 1823
DUPLICATE REF 2018 or 2019
Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae
cf. Clemmys sp. Ritgen 1828
Langenwalter 1975
    = Emydinae indet. Rafinesque 1815
Alroy 2008
Reptilia - Squamata
Squamata indet. Oppel 1811
Langenwalter 1975
Reptilia - Anseriformes - Anatidae
Chendytes lawi Miller 1925
Langenwalter 1975
Reptilia - Gaviidae
Gavia sp. Forster 1788
Langenwalter 1975
Actinopteri - Gadiformes - Merlucciidae
Merluccius productus (Ayres 1855)
Langenwalter 1975
Actinopteri - Sciaenidae
Genyonemus lineatus (Ayres 1855)
Langenwalter 1975
Actinopteri - Embiotocidae
Damalichthys vacca Girard 1855
Langenwalter 1975
recombined as Rhacochilus vacca
Actinopteri - Pleuronectiformes - Paralichthyidae
Citharichthys sp. Bleeker 1862
Langenwalter 1975
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:California County:Los Angeles
Coordinates: 34.0° North, 118.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:34.0° North, 117.9° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Late/Upper Pleistocene
Age range of interval:0.12600 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Palos Verdes Sand
Lithology and environment
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Glacial or sequence phase:interglacial
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Collection methods and comments
Museum repositories:LACM
Taxonomic list comments:said to be "18O substage 5e"
Metadata
Also known as:LACM 3757
DUPLICATE REF 2018 or 2019
Database number:20646
Authorizer:J. Alroy, M. Uhen Enterer:J. Alroy, M. Uhen
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:vertebrate
Created:1995-03-26 00:00:00 Last modified:2007-09-18 13:25:33
Access level:the public Released:1995-03-26 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

2018. G. T. Jefferson. 1991. A catalogue of late Quaternary Vertebrates from California: Part Two, Mammals. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Technical Reports 7:1-129 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/P. Holroyd]

Secondary references:

26812 J. Alroy. 2008. Synonymies, reidentifications, and other arbitrary pronouncements mostly concerning fossil vertebrates. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
28773 P. E. Langenwalter. 1975. Marine studies of San Pedro Bay, California. Chordates: The fossil vertebrates of the Los Angeles-Long Beach harbors region 9:36-54 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]