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San Miguel Island V-8

US / CA
34.06667, -120.36777View on MapOpen in Google Maps
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About this location

San Miguel Island V-8 is a fossil collection site in Santa Barbara, California, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. The depositional environment is recorded as eolian indet. Documented finds include Fratercula dowi, Anser caerulescens, Uria aalge, Synthliboramphus antiquus, Ptychoramphus aleuticus, Fratercula.

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Fossil

Geologic setting

Geologic interval
Late Pleistocene
Age
0.129–0.0117 Ma
Depositional environment
eolian indet.
Recorded occurrences
8

Fossils found here

Fratercula dowi
Aves · Alcidae
Anser caerulescens
Aves · Anatidae
Uria aalge
Aves · Alcidae
Synthliboramphus antiquus
Aves · Alcidae
Ptychoramphus aleuticus
Aves · Alcidae
Fratercula
Aves · Alcidae
Ardenna grisea
Aves · Procellariidae
Ardenna tenuirostris
Aves · Procellariidae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 120828 (CC BY 4.0)view the source record

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Coordinates: 34.06667, -120.36777

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