Lomita Quarry [Lomita Marl]: Middle Pleistocene, California
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Carchariidae
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Carcharias lomitae n. sp.
Jordan and Hanibal 1923
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Jordan and Hanibal 1923 | ||||||
Carcharias virgatulus
Jordan and Hanibal 1923
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Jordan and Hanibal 1923 | ||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Lamnidae
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Isurus hastalis
(Agassiz 1838)
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Jordan and Hanibal 1923 | ||||||
recombined as Carcharodon hastalis | |||||||
Carcharodon purplei n. sp.
Jordan and Hanibal 1923
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Jordan and Hanibal 1923 | ||||||
Carcharodon leviathan
Jordan and Hanibal 1923
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Jordan 1925 | ||||||
Carcharodon riversi
Jordan 1907
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Jordan and Hanibal 1923 | ||||||
synonym of Carcharodon arnoldi | |||||||
Carcharodon branneri
Jordan 1907
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Jordan and Hanibal 1923 | ||||||
Reptilia
- Suliformes
- Sulidae
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? Sula willetti
Miller 1925
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Howard 1958 | 1 specimen | |||||
Mammalia
- Sirenia
- Dugongidae
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Hydrodamalinae indet.
(Palmer 1895)
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Cancridae
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Glebocarcinus amphioetus
(Rathbun 1898)
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Nations 1975 | ||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | California | County: | Los Angeles |
Coordinates: | 33.8° North, 118.3° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 33.8° North, 118.3° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
Stage: | Chibanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
Key time interval: | Middle Pleistocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 0.77400 - 0.12900 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Lomita Marl |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | marl |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body,original phosphate |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Museum repositories: | LACM |
Metadata
Also known as: | LACM 3065 | ||
Database number: | 52242 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Uhen, J. Marcot, C. Schweitzer | Enterer: | M. Uhen, C. Schweitzer, J. Marcot |
Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2005-08-01 11:46:08 | Last modified: | 2021-11-13 22:33:33 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-08-01 11:46:08 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
6029. | 5% 34240 | D. P. Domning. 1978. Sirenian evolution in the North Pacific Ocean. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 118:1-176 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
78337 | A. Hendy. 2021. A review of the Quaternary Mollusca of the Palos Verdes Peninsula. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] | |
40854 | H. Howard. 1958. Miocene sulids of southern California. Contributions in Science 25:1-15 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
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] | |
50617 | D. S. Jordan and H. Hanibal. 1923. Fossil sharks and rays of the Pacific slope of North America. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 22:27-63 [C. Jaramillo/C. Pimiento] | |
52667 | decapod | J. D. Nations. 1975. The genus Cancer (Crustacea: Brachyura): systematics, biogeography and fossil record. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Science Bulletin 23:1-104 [C. Schweitzer/C. Schweitzer] |