Sharktooth Hill Bonebed: Langhian, California
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Myliobatidae
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Myliobatis sp.
Cuvier 1816
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Mitchell 1965 | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Dasyatidae
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Dasyatis sp.
Rafinesque 1810
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Mitchell 1965 | |||||||||
? Trygon of Bishop 1961 | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Heterodontiformes
- Heterodontidae
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Heterodontus cf. francisi
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Mitchell 1965 | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Squatinidae
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Squatina lerichei
Jordan and Beal 1910
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Mitchell 1965 | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Echinorhiniformes
- Echinorhinidae
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Echinorhinus blakei
Agassiz 1856
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Mitchell 1965 | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Squalidae
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Squalus serriculus
Jordan and Hanibal 1923
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Mitchell 1965 | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Squalomorphii
- Hexanchidae
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Hexanchus sp.
Rafinesque 1810
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Mitchell 1965 | |||||||||
Notorhynchus sp.
Ayres 1855
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Mitchell 1965 | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Rajiformes
- Rajidae
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Raja sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mitchell 1965 | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Triakidae
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? Triakis sp.
Müller and Henle 1838
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Mitchell 1965 | |||||||||
Eugaleus sp.
Gill 1864
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Mitchell 1965 | |||||||||
synonym of Galeorhinus | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Scyliorhinidae
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Scyliorhinidae indet.
Gill 1862
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Mitchell 1965 | |||||||||
Scyliorhinus sp.
Blainville 1816
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Mitchell 1965 | |||||||||
Cephaloscyllium sp.
Gill 1861
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Mitchell 1965 | |||||||||
synonym of Scyliorhinus | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Carcharhinidae
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Negaprion antiquus
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Mitchell 1965 | |||||||||
Aprionodon sp.
Gill 1861
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Mitchell 1965 | |||||||||
? Carcharhinus sp.
de Blainville 1816
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Mitchell 1965 | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Hemigaleidae
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Hemipristis serra
Agassiz 1835
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Mitchell 1965 | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Sphyrnidae
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Sphyrna sp.
Rafinesque 1810
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Mitchell 1965 | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Galeocerdidae
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Galeocerdo aduncus
(Agassiz 1835)
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Mitchell 1965 | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Carchariidae
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Carcharias clavatus
Agassiz 1844
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Mitchell 1965 | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Lamnidae
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Isurus sp.
Rafinesque 1810
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Mitchell 1965 | |||||||||
Isurus planus
(Agassiz 1856)
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Mitchell 1965 | |||||||||
Carcharodon sulcidens
(Agassiz 1835)
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Mitchell 1965 | |||||||||
synonym of Carcharodon carcharias | ||||||||||
Isurus hastalis
(Agassiz 1838)
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Mitchell 1965 | |||||||||
recombined as Carcharodon hastalis | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Cetorhinidae
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Cetorhinus sp.
de Blainville 1816
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Mitchell 1965 | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Otodontidae
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Carcharodon megalodon
(Agassiz 1835)
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Mitchell 1965 | |||||||||
recombined as Otodus megalodon | ||||||||||
Also studied in Pimiento and Balk (LACM 115396, LACM 129862-63) | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Tapiridae
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Miotapirus sp.
Schlaikjer 1937
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Prothero et al. 2008 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Paleoparadoxiidae
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Paleoparadoxia tabatai
(Tokunaga 1939)
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Domning 2008 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Hypohippus sp.
(Leidy 1858)
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Prothero et al. 2008 | |||||||||
original and current combination Anchitherium (Hypohippus) | ||||||||||
LACM 30162, LACM 123460 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Palaeomerycidae
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Bouromeryx americanus
(Douglass 1899)
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Prothero et al. 2008 | |||||||||
LACM 4331 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Odobenidae
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Odobenidae indet.
(Allen 1880)
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Velez-Juarbe 2018 | |||||||||
LACM 135920 from LACM loc. 3162 | ||||||||||
Pelagiarctos thomasi n. gen., n. sp.
Barnes 1988
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Neotherium mirum
Kellogg 1931
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Velez-Juarbe 2018 | |||||||||
LACM 127697 from LACM loc. 3162 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Desmatophocidae
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Allodesmus kernensis
Kellogg 1922
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Barnes 1969 | |||||||||
Allodesmus cf. sadoensis
Barnes and Hirota 1995
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Velez-Juarbe 2018 | |||||||||
synonym of Allodesmus sinanoensis | ||||||||||
LACM 21023 from LACM loc. 1625 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Paratomarctus cf. temerarius
(Leidy 1858)
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Prothero et al. 2008 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Cheloniidae
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Euclastes hutchisoni n. sp.
Lynch and Parham 2003
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Lynch and Parham 2003 | |||||||||
recombined as Pacifichelys hutchisoni | ||||||||||
cf. Syllomus aegyptiacus
Lydekker 1899
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Lynch and Parham 2003 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Dermochelyidae
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Dermochelyidae sp.
Lydekker 1889
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Lynch and Parham 2003 | |||||||||
Chelonia ? californiensis
Gilmore 1937
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Mitchell 1965 | |||||||||
invalid subgroup of Dermochelyidae | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Odontopterygiformes
- Pelagornithidae
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Osteodontornis orri
Howard 1957
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Stidham 2004 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Charadriiformes
- Recurvirostridae
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Recurvirostra sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mitchell 1965 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Accipitriformes
- Pandionidae
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Pandion homalopteron n. sp.
Warter 1976
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Warter 1976 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
LACM 42815 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Anseriformes
- Anatidae
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Anatidae indet.
Vigors 1825
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Kloess and Parham 2017 | |||||||||
Presbychen abavus n. gen., n. sp.
Wetmore 1930
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Wetmore 1930 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Branta sp.
Scopoli 1769
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Mitchell 1965 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Diomedeidae
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Diomedea californica
Miller 1962
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Howard 1966 | |||||||||
synonym of Phoebastria anglica | ||||||||||
Diomedea milleri n. sp.
Howard 1966
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Howard 1966 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Procellariidae
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Puffinus sp.
Brisson 1760
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Wetmore 1930 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Puffinus mitchelli
Miller 1961
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Mitchell 1965 | |||||||||
Puffinus inceptor n. sp.
Wetmore 1930
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Wetmore 1930 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Puffinus ? inceptor
Wetmore 1930
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Howard 1966 | |||||||||
Puffinus priscus
Miller 1961
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Howard 1966 | |||||||||
Fulmarus miocaenus n. sp.
Howard 1984
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Howard 1984 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Suliformes
- Sulidae
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Sulidae indet.
Reichenbach 1849
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Kloess and Parham 2017 | |||||||||
Morus sp.
Vieillot 1816
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Mitchell 1965 | |||||||||
Morus vagabundus n. sp.
Wetmore 1930
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Wetmore 1930 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Ciconiiformes
- Ciconiidae
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Ciconiidae indet.
Sundevall 1836
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Howard 1984 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Phoenicopteriformes
- Palaelodidae
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Megapaloelodus sp.
Miller 1944
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Howard 1984 | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Scombriformes
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Scombroidea indet.
Rafinesque-Schmaltz 1815
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Mitchell 1965 | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | California | County: | Kern |
Coordinates: | 35.5° North, 118.9° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 35.3° North, 113.7° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
Stage: | Langhian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
Key time interval: | Langhian | ||
Age range of interval: | 15.97000 - 13.82000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Temblor | Member: | Round Mountain | ||
Local section: | Tembl | Local bed: | 3 | ||
Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Sharktooth Hill Bonebed |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | siltstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Degree of concentration: | -bonebed |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Museum repositories: | LACM |
Metadata
Also known as: | LACM 1625, LACM 1655, LACM 3160, LACM 3162, LACM 3205, LACM 3499, LACM 4173, LACM 4672, LACM 4874, LACM 6069, 6688 | ||
Database number: | 59059 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Uhen, P. Holroyd, J. Marcot, J. Parham | Enterer: | M. Uhen, P. Holroyd, J. Marcot, J. Parham |
Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
Subset of collection #: | 19542 | ||
Collections that are a subset of this one: | |||
Created: | 2006-03-08 08:15:48 | Last modified: | 2019-05-28 18:43:30 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-03-08 08:15:48 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
16770. | L. G. Barnes. 1988. A new fossil pinniped (Mammalia: Otariidae) from the middle Miocene Sharktooth Hill Bonebed, California. Contributions in Science 396:1-11 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
4174 | 5% 40320 | L. G. Barnes. 1969. Miocene Desmatophocinae from California. The Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 1(3):3-3 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/J. Alroy] |
30424 | D. P. Domning. 2008. Desmostylia. In C. M. Janis, G. F. Gunnell, M. D. Uhen (eds.), Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America, Volume II 640-645 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
40846 | H. Howard. 1966. Additional avian records form the Miocene of Sharktooth Hill, California. Contributions in Science 114:1-11 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
40947 | H. Howard. 1984. Additional avian records from the Miocene of Kern County, California with the description of a new species of fulmar (Aves: Procellariidae). Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 83(2):84-89 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/J. Marcot] | |
48954 | P. A. Kloess and J. F. Parham. 2017. A specimen-based approach to reconstructing the late Neogene seabird communities of California. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 468:473-484 [M. Uhen/H. Reyes/M. Uhen] | |
17284 | S. C. Lynch and J. F. Parham. 2003. The first report of hard-shelled sea turtles (Cheloniidae sensu lato) from the Miocene of California, including a new species (Euclastes hutchisoni) with unusually plesiomorphic characters. PaleoBios 23(3):21-35 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/P. Mannion] | |
51904 | E. D. Mitchell. 1965. History of research at Sharktooth Hill, Kern County, California. Special Publication of the Kern County Historical Society 1-45 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
52363 | C. Pimiento, G. González-Barba, D. J. Ehret, B. J. MacFadden, A. J. W. Hendy and C. Jaramillo. 2013. Sharks and Rays (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii) from the late Miocene Gatun Formation of Panama. Journal of Paleontology 87(5):755-774 [C. Jaramillo/C. Pimiento/M. Uhen] | |
33296 | D. R. Prothero, M. R. Liter, L. G. Barnes, X. Wang, E. Mitchell, S. McLeod, D. P. Whistler, R. H. Tedford, and C. Ray. 2008. Land mammals from the middle Miocene Sharktooth Hill Bonebed, Kern County, California. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 44:299-314 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
33297 | N. D. Pyenson, R. B. Irmis, J. H. Lipps, L. G. Barnes, E. D. Mitchell and S. A. McLeod. 2009. Origin of a widespread marine bonebed deposited during the middle Miocene Climatic Optimum. Geology 37:519-522 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
40329 | T. A. Stidham. 2004. New skull material of Osteodontornis orri (Aves: Pelagornithidae) from the Miocene of California. PaleoBios 24(2):7-12 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
53649 | J. Velez-Juarbe. 2018. New data on the early odobenid Neotherium mirum Kellogg, 1931, and other pinniped remains from the Sharktooth Hill Bonebed, California. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 38(4):e1481080 [M. Uhen/L. Harfoush/M. Uhen] | |
65101 | S. L. Warter. 1976. A new osprey from the Miocene of California (Falconiformes: Pandionidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 27:133-139 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
40838 | A. Wetmore. 1930. Fossil bird remains from the Temblor Formation near Bakersfield, California. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 19(8):85-93 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |