San Nicolas Island: Rancholabrean, California
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Anseriformes
- Anatidae
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Chendytes lawi
Miller 1925
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Howard 1949 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Enhydra lutris
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Vedder and Norris 1963 | |||||||||
| sea otter? | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Otariidae
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Callorhinus ursinus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Gastropoda
- Patellida
- Lottiidae
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Collisella edmitchelli
(Lipps 1966)
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Lindberg 1984 | |||||||||
| recombined as Lottia edmitchelli | ||||||||||
| abundant on higher terraces (11 through 5 of Vedder and Norris 1963) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | California |
| Coordinates: | 33.2° North, 119.5° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 33.2° North, 119.5° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Rancholabrean | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.21000 - 0.01400 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 81921 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen, E. Clites, M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Uhen, E. Clites, M. Clapham |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-07-18 09:50:05 | Last modified: | 2017-12-11 11:32:03 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-07-18 09:50:05 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 6221. | B. Kurten and E. Anderson. 1980. Pleistocene mammals of North America 1-442 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 66254 | H. Howard. 1949. Avian fossils from the marine Pleistocene of southern California. The Condor 51:20-28 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
| 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] | |
| 66021 | D. R. Lindberg. 1984. A Recent Specimen of Collisella edmitchelli from San Pedro, California (Mollusca: Acmaeidae). Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 83(3):148-151 [E. Clites/E. Clites] | |
| 10107 | J. G. Vedder and R. M. Norris. 1963. Geology of San Nicolas Island, California. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 369:1-65 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/P. Wagner] |