Lompoc Quarry: Tortonian, California
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes
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Osteichthyes indet.
Huxley 1880
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Kellogg 1925 | |||||||||
Reptilia
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Aves indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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Kellogg 1925 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Procellariidae
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Puffinus diatomicus n. sp.
Miller 1925
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Miller 1925 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
misspelling Puffinus (Puffinus) diatomicus | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Suliformes
- Sulidae
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Sula lompocana n. sp.
(Miller 1925)
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Miller 1925 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
recombined as Moris lompocana | ||||||||||
Sula willetti n. sp.
Miller 1925
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Miller 1925 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Miosula media n. gen., n. sp.
Miller 1925
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Miller 1925 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Charadriiformes
- Scolopacidae
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Limosa vanrossemi n. sp.
Miller 1925
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Miller 1925 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Charadriiformes
- Alcidae
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Cerorhinca dubia n. sp.
Miller 1925
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Miller 1925 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Uria brodkorbi n. sp.
Howard 1981
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Howard 1981 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Mammalia
- Sirenia
- Dugongidae
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Metaxytherium jordani n. sp.
Kellogg 1925
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Kellogg 1925 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
recombined as Dusisiren jordani | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Odobenidae
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Imagotaria downsi
Mitchell 1968
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Mitchell 1968 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Otariidae
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Otariidae indet.
(Gray 1825)
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Reese 1976 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Pithanotaria starri
Kellogg 1925
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Kellogg 1925 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Cetacea
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Mysticeti indet.
Cope 1891
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Reese 1976 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Megaptera miocaena n. sp.
Kellogg 1922
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1 specimen | |||||||||
recombined as Norrisanima miocaena | ||||||||||
unclassified
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Atkinsonella strigilis n. gen., n. sp.
Jordan and Gilbert 1920
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Jordan and Gilbert 1920 | |||||||||
Stanford University 511 | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Scorpaeniformes
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Ophiodon ozymandias n. sp.
Jordan 1921
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Jordan 1921 | |||||||||
Stanford University 332 (redescribed, not included in Ozymandias gilberti) | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Lampriformes
- Lampridae
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Dasceles dassurus n. gen., n. sp.
Jordan 1925
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Jordan 1925 | |||||||||
Diatomoeca zatima n. gen., n. sp.
Jordan and Gilbert 1919
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Jordan and Gilbert 1919 | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Stomiatiformes
- Sternoptychidae
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Argyropelecus bullockii
David 1943
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David 1943 | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Stomiatiformes
- Stomiidae
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Eostomias eximius n. gen., n. sp.
Jordan 1925
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Jordan 1925 | |||||||||
recombined as Chauliodus eximius | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Stomiatiformes
- Gonostomatidae
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Cyclothone sp.
Goode and Bean 1883
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David 1943 | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Aulopiformes
- Paralepididae
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Drimys defensor n. gen., n. sp.
Jordan 1925
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Jordan 1925 | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Gadiformes
- Macrouridae
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Bolbocara gyrinus
Jordan 1927
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David 1943 | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Perciformes
- Brotulidae
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Eclipes manni
Jordan 1921
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David 1943 | |||||||||
Eclipes veternus
Jordan and Gilbert 1919
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Jordan and Gilbert 1920 | |||||||||
Stanford University 190 | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Perciformes
- Sparidae
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Rhythmias starrii n. gen., n. sp.
Jordan and Gilbert 1920
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Jordan and Gilbert 1920 | |||||||||
Stanford University 175 | ||||||||||
Rhythmias gaviotae n. sp.
David 1943
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David 1943 | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Perciformes
- Serranidae
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Protanthias fossilis n. gen., n. sp.
David 1943
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David 1943 | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Perciformes
- Scorpaenidae
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Sebastodes (Sebastinus) ineziae
(Jordan and Gilbert 1920)
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David 1943 | |||||||||
recombined as Sebastes ineziae | ||||||||||
Sebastodes (Sebastoessus) apostates
(Jordan 1921)
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David 1943 | |||||||||
recombined as Sebastes apostates | ||||||||||
Sebastoessus haroldi n. sp.
Jordan 1925
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Jordan 1925 | |||||||||
Rixator porteousi n. gen., n. sp.
Jordan and Gilbert 1920
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Jordan and Gilbert 1920 | |||||||||
recombined as Sebastodes (Rixator) porteousi | ||||||||||
Rhomarchus ensiger
Jordan and Gilbert 1919
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David 1943 | |||||||||
recombined as Scorpaena ensiger | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Perciformes
- Hexagrammidae
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Hexagrammos achrestus n. sp.
Jordan and Gilbert 1919
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Jordan and Gilbert 1919 | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Perciformes
- Cottidae
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Lirosceles elegans n. sp.
Jordan 1925
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Jordan 1925 | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Perciformes
- Zaproridae
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Araeosteus rothi n. gen., n. sp.
Jordan and Gilbert 1920
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Jordan and Gilbert 1920 | |||||||||
Stanford University 315 | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Perciformes
- Ioscionidae
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Ioscion morgani
Jordan 1921
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David 1943 | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Spariformes
- Sparidae
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Plectrites classeni n. gen., n. sp.
Jordan and Gilbert 1920
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David 1943 | |||||||||
Stanford University 313 | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Sciaenidae
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Cynoscion (Aristoscion) eprepes
(Jordan 1921)
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David 1943 | |||||||||
recombined as Cynoscion eprepes | ||||||||||
Lompoquia retropes n. gen., n. sp.
Jordan and Gilbert 1919
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Jordan and Gilbert 1919 | |||||||||
Turio culveri n. sp.
Jordan 1925
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Jordan 1925 | |||||||||
recombined as Lompoquia culveri | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Lophiiformes
- Lophiidae
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? Epinephelus (Emmachaere) rhomalea
(Jordan 1921)
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David 1943 | |||||||||
original and current combination Emmachaere rhomalea | ||||||||||
Emmachaere rhachites n. gen., n. sp.
Jordan and Gilbert 1919
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Jordan and Gilbert 1919 | |||||||||
synonym of Emmachaere rhomalea | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Pleuronectiformes
- Pleuronectidae
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Evesthes jordani n. gen., n. sp.
Gilbert 1910
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Gilbert 1910 | |||||||||
Evesthes hooveri n. sp.
Jordan and Gilbert 1920
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Jordan and Gilbert 1920 | |||||||||
Stanford University 512 | ||||||||||
Zororhombus veliger n. gen., n. sp.
Jordan and Gilbert 1920
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Jordan and Gilbert 1920 | |||||||||
recombined as Pleuronichthys veliger | ||||||||||
Stanford University 512 | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Pleuronectiformes
- Paralichthyidae
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Hippoglossus antiquus n. sp.
Jordan 1924
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Jordan 1924 | |||||||||
recombined as Paralichthys antiquus | ||||||||||
Stanford University 603 | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Carangiformes
- Carangidae
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Seriola sanctaebarbarae
Jordan 1921
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David 1943 | |||||||||
Lompochites hopkinsi n. gen., n. sp.
Jordan and Gilbert 1920
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Jordan and Gilbert 1920 | |||||||||
recombined as Decapterus hopkinsi | ||||||||||
Stanford University 101 | ||||||||||
Coronadus agilis n. gen., n. sp.
Jordan 1925
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Jordan 1925 | |||||||||
recombined as Decapterus agilis | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Embiotocidae
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Eriquius plectrodes n. gen., n. sp.
Jordan 1924
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Jordan 1924 | |||||||||
Stanford University 602 | ||||||||||
Erisceles pristinus n. gen., n. sp.
Jordan 1925
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Jordan 1925 | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Beloniformes
- Hemiramphidae
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Euleptorhamphus (Beltion) peronides
(Jordan 1920)
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David 1943 | |||||||||
recombined as Euleptorhamphus peronides | ||||||||||
Derrhias enantius n. gen., n. sp.
Jordan 1925
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Jordan 1925 | |||||||||
synonym of Euleptorhamphus peronides | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Scombriformes
- Scombridae
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Ocystias sagitta n. gen., n. sp.
Jordan and Gilbert 1920
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Jordan and Gilbert 1920 | |||||||||
Stanford University 20 | ||||||||||
Turio wilburi n. gen., n. sp.
Jordan and Gilbert 1920
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Jordan and Gilbert 1920 | |||||||||
Stanford University 49a | ||||||||||
Pneumatophorus cf. grex
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David 1943 | |||||||||
Aliciola starksi n. gen., n. sp.
Jordan 1925
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Jordan 1925 | |||||||||
recombined as Thunnus (Alciola) starksi | ||||||||||
Sarda stockii
David 1943
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David 1943 | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Scombriformes
- Euzaphlegidae
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Zaphleges longurio n. gen., n. sp.
Jordan and Gilbert 1920
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Jordan and Gilbert 1920 | |||||||||
recombined as Euzaphleges longurio | ||||||||||
Stanford University 100 | ||||||||||
Thyrsocles escharion n. sp.
Jordan and Gilbert 1920
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Jordan and Gilbert 1920 | |||||||||
Stanford University 280 | ||||||||||
Thyrsion velox n. gen., n. sp.
Jordan and Gilbert 1920
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Jordan and Gilbert 1920 | |||||||||
Stanford University 153 | ||||||||||
Thyrsites kriegeri n. sp.
Jordan and Gilbert 1919
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Jordan and Gilbert 1919 | |||||||||
recombined as Thyrsocles kriegeri | ||||||||||
? Trossulus exoletus
Jordan 1921
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David 1943 | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Scombriformes
- Zaphlegidae
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? Megalops vigilax
(Jordan 1927)
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David 1943 | |||||||||
original and current combination Zaphleges vigilax | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Scombriformes
- Cybiidae
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Escharion townleyi n. gen., n. sp.
Jordan 1925
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Jordan 1925 | |||||||||
Starrias ischyrus n. gen., n. sp.
Jordan 1925
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Jordan 1925 | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Syngnathiformes
- Syngnathidae
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Hipposyngnathus imporcitor
Fritzsche 1980
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Fritzsche 1980 | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Myctophiformes
- Myctophidae
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Engraulites remifer n. gen., n. sp.
Jordan 1925
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Jordan 1925 | |||||||||
recombined as Lampanyctus remifer | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Argentiniformes
- Microstomatidae
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Quaesita quiescens n. sp.
Jordan 1925
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Jordan 1925 | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Cataphracti
- Ophiodontidae
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Ozymandias gilberti
Jordan and Gilbert 1919
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Jordan and Gilbert 1920 | |||||||||
Stanford University 332 | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Clupeiformes
- Clupeoidei
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Lygisma tenax
Jordan and Gilbert 1919
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Jordan and Gilbert 1920 | |||||||||
tentatively identified | ||||||||||
Diradias aratus n. gen., n. sp.
Jordan 1924
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Jordan 1924 | |||||||||
recombined as Ganolytes aratus | ||||||||||
Stanford University 600 | ||||||||||
Xenothrissa aphrasta n. gen., n. sp.
Jordan 1925
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Jordan 1925 | |||||||||
recombined as Ganolytes aphrasta | ||||||||||
Xyne fiteri n. sp.
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Jordan and Gilbert 1920 | |||||||||
Stanford University 167 | ||||||||||
Xyne grex n. gen., n. sp.
Jordan and Gilbert 1919
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Jordan and Gilbert 1919 | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Heterodontiformes
- Heterodontidae
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Strongyliscus robustus n. gen., n. sp.
Jordan 1925
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Jordan 1925 | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Lamnidae
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Carcharodon arnoldi
Jordan 1898
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David 1943 | |||||||||
Isurus hastalis
(Agassiz 1838)
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David 1943 | |||||||||
recombined as Carcharodon hastalis | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | California | County: | Santa Barbara |
Coordinates: | 34.6° North, 120.4° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 34.1° North, 117.6° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
Stage: | Tortonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
Key time interval: | Tortonian | ||
Age range of interval: | 11.62000 - 7.24600 m.y. ago | ||
Age estimate: | 7.6 to 7.3 Ma (other) |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Monterey | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Diatomaceous beds are considered to be the equivalent to the Temblor. Kellogg (1922) said this was early Miocene, but Demere et al. (2005) assign it to the Tortonian; formation and age after Chang & Grimm 1999 (8.2 to 7.3 Ma, Barron, pers. com). Much debate in the literature on the formation name and age of these beds. Others identify the formation as Sisquoc. Behl & Ramirez 2000 agree that the Monterey Formation is exposed in the quarry, but give an age range of 8.5-5.5 Ma (J. Barron, pers. com.)
Diatom flora corresponds to Rouxia californica Zone of AKIBA (1986), Late Miocene, approximately 7.7-6.4 Ma. Taminura, Yoshihiro (USNM KEMu database entry date 12 Oct. 2010) According to the original description, the skull was found by workers of the Celite Products Company quarrying diatomaceous earth, “about 140 feet below the exposed surface of the bed” ([159: 3]). Recent studies focusing on the diatomaceous deposits quarried near Lompoc reported that roughly 218 metres of diatomite, belonging to the upper siliceous member of the Monterey Formation, are exposed at the Celite diatomite quarry [160]. These deposits range from 8.2–7.3 Ma, with the latter date denoting the upper limit of the economically mineable deposits [160]. A similar date is suggested by the diatom assemblage contained in the matrix adhering to the holotype specimen (Rouxia californica Zone/ NPD7A; 7.6–6.6 Ma [161, 162]) [23; N. Kohno 2015, pers. comm.]. Together, these data suggest a latest Tortonian age (7.6–7.3 Ma) for M. miocaena. Note that additional specimens possibly referable to “M.” miocaena have also been reported from the Late Miocene–Pliocene Purisima, San Mateo and San Diego formations (California, USA). Pending further study, these specimens may extend the range of the lineage by up to 5 Ma. (Marx & Fordyce, 2015) |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | diatomite |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Environment: | basinal (siliciclastic) |
Geology comments: deep Pacific basin |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body,original phosphate |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Disassociated major elements: | all |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection |
Collection size: | 1 specimens |
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Museum repositories: | USNM |
Metadata
Also known as: | UCMP V2502, Celite Company #5 quarry, John Mansfield quarry | ||
Database number: | 45489 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Uhen, J. Marcot, K. Volkman | Enterer: | M. Uhen, J. Marcot, K. Volkman |
Modifier: | P. Wagner | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2004-10-25 13:09:46 | Last modified: | 2021-08-19 20:25:29 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-10-25 13:09:46 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
11899. | R. Kellogg. 1922. Description of the skull of Megaptera miocaena, a fossil humpback whale from the Miocene diatomaceous earth of Lompoc, California. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 61(14):1-18 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
46209 | A. S. Chang and K. A. Grimm. 1999. Speckled Beds: Distinctive gravity-flow deposits in finely laminated diatomaceous sediments, Miocene Monterey Formation, California. Journal of Sedimentary Research 69(1):122-134 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
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] | |
15521 | T. A. Deméré, A. Berta, and M. R. McGowen. 2005. The taxonomic and evolutionary history of modern balaenopteroid mysticetes. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 12(1/2):99-143 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
70153 | R. A. Fritzsche. 1980. Revision of the eastern Pacific Syngnathidae (Pisces: Syngnathiformes), including both recent and fossil forms. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 42(6):181-227 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
68456 | J. Z. Gilbert. 1910. Evesthes jordani, a primitive flounder from the Miocene of California. University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geology 5(27):405-411 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot] | |
39014 | H. Howard. 1981. A new species of murre, genus Uria, from the Late Miocene of California (Aves: Alcidae). Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 80(1):1-12 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
62410 | D. S. Jordan. 1921. The fish fauna of the California Tertiary. Stanford University Publications, Biological Sciences 1(4):237-298 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
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] | |
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] | |
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] | |
65375 | D. S. Jordan and J. Z. Gilbert. 1920. Fossil Fishes of Diatom Beds of Lompoc, California. Leland Stanford Junior University Publications University Series [J. Marcot/J. Marcot] | |
18766 | R. Kellogg. 1925. A new fossil sirenian from Santa Barbara County, California. Carnegie Institution of Washington 348:9-11 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
55050 | F. G. Marx and R. E. Fordyce. 2015. Baleen boom and bust: a synthesis of mysticete phylogeny, diversity and disparity. Royal Society Open Science 2:140434 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
40855 | L. Miller. 1925. Avian remains from the Miocene of Lompoc, California. Carnegie Institution of Washington 349:107-117 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
16737 | E. D. Mitchell. 1968. The Mio-Pliocene pinniped Imagotaria. Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 25(9):1843-1900 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
75118 | R. T. Orr. 1940. Another record of Puffinus diatomicus. The Auk 57(1):105 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
35476 | K. M. Reese. 1976. Workers find whale in diatomaceous earth quarry. Chemical and Engineering News 54(41):48 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |