Fish Creek: Piacenzian, California
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Pinnipedia
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Pinnipedia indet.
Illiger 1811
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Odobenidae
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Valenictus sp.
Mitchell 1961
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| n. sp.? | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
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Odontoceti indet.
Flower 1867
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Mammalia
- Sirenia
- Dugongidae
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Dugongidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Cheloniidae
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Chelonidae indet.
(Bonaparte 1832)
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| original and current combination Cheloniidae | ||||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Istiophoriformes
- Istiophoridae
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Istiophoridae indet.
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Odontaspididae
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Odontaspis sp.
Agassiz 1838
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Chondrichthyes
- Squalidae
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Squalus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | California | County: | San Diego |
| Coordinates: | 33.0° North, 116.0° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 32.9° North, 115.1° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| Stage: | Piacenzian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Piacenzian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 3.60000 - 2.58000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | silty sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: delta front and delta plain sandstone beds | |
| Environment: | delta front |
| Geology comments: ancestral Colorado River delta | |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Anza-Borrego Desert State Park | ||
| Database number: | 75482 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-10-11 15:37:14 | Last modified: | 2007-10-11 18:39:53 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-10-11 15:37:14 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 25477. | J. Atterholt, G. Jefferson, and E. Schachner. 2007. New marine vertebrates from the Yuha Member of the Deguynos Formation of Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27(3):42A [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |