List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Sphyrnidae
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Sphyrna sp.
Rafinesque 1810
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1 element | |||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Lamnidae
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Isurus sp.
Rafinesque 1810
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2 elements | |||||||||
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Carcharodon sp.
Smith 1838
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2 elements | |||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Otodontidae
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Carcharocles megalodon
(Agassiz 1835)
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Pimiento and Balk 2015 | |||||||||
| recombined as Otodus megalodon | ||||||||||
| SDNHM 125566, SDNHM 53167 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Dermochelyidae
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? Psephophorus sp.
von Meyer 1847
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Balaenopteridae
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Balaenopteridae indet.
Gray 1864
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Phocoenidae
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? Phocoenidae indet.
(Gray 1825)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Acila sp.
Adams and Adams 1858
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Pholadidae
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? Pholadidae indet.
Lamarck 1809
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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unclassified
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Crustacea indet.
Brünnich 1772
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| invalid subgroup of Pancrustacea | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | California | County: | Orange |
| Coordinates: | 33.5° North, 117.7° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 33.2° North, 116.1° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Capistrano | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: AGE: edited following EPICC stratigraphic revision [6/13/2020]. |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | diatomaceous,red or brown lithified siltstone |
| Secondary lithology: | "shale" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: dark to medium brown, well-consolidate, fractured siltstone with some shale and occasional diatomit lenses | |
| Environment: | basinal (siliceous) |
| Geology comments: depth of 1500 meters or deeper, largely biogenous diatomaceous sediment, basin | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original phosphate |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils,microfossils |
| Associated major elements: | many |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some microfossils |
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (float),surface (in situ),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Dana Point, north | ||
| Database number: | 55448 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen, C. Jaramillo | Enterer: | M. Uhen, C. Pimiento |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-10-25 11:29:37 | Last modified: | 2020-06-14 03:56:53 |
| Access level: | database members | Released: | 2006-04-25 11:29:37 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 14942. | W. H. Bonner and W. B. Gilmour. 1988. The Remington Whales: Analyssi of two Late Miocene Mysticeti from Orange County California. Southern California Paleontological Society Special Publication 6:1-49 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 49081 | C. Pimiento and M. Balk. 2015. The extinct giant shark Carcharocles megalodon: A model for understanding deep-time body size trends of marine apex predators. [C. Jaramillo/C. Pimiento/C. Pimiento] |