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LACM 6202, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 34.062,-118.29 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | based on nearby landmark |
Given Location | California, United States |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Los Angeles County, California, USA |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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LACM 6202, Wilshire and Vermont | Carnevale G., Pietsch T. W., et al (2008) | Puente - Yorba | An integrated micropaleontological study of benthic foraminiferans, calcareous nannoplankton, and diatoms suggests that the fossiliferous levels of LACM locality 6202 can be referred to early late Miocene. | mudstone | 11.62 - 7.246 Ma Miocene |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Borophryne apogon species | Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Lophiiformes : Linophrynidae : Borophryne : Borophryne apogon | 11.62 - 7.246 Ma Miocene |
Linophryne indica species | Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Lophiiformes : Linophrynidae : Linophryne : Linophryne indica | 11.62 - 7.246 Ma Miocene |
Leptacanthichthys gracilispinis species | Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Lophiiformes : Leptacanthichthys : Leptacanthichthys gracilispinis | 11.62 - 7.246 Ma Miocene |
Chaenophryne melanorhabdus species | Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Lophiiformes : Oneirodidae : Chaenophryne : Chaenophryne melanorhabdus | 11.62 - 7.246 Ma Miocene |
Oneirodes sp. genus | Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Lophiiformes : Oneirodidae : Oneirodes | 11.62 - 7.246 Ma Miocene |
References
Carnevale G., Pietsch T. W., et al (2008) Fossil Ceratioid Anglerfishes (Teleostei: Lophiiformes) from the Miocene of the Los Angeles Basin, California, Journal of Paleontology 85 2, 996-1008 |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!