Also known as Third Street Tunnel; USGS loc. 3426
Where: Los Angeles County, California (34.1° N, 118.3° W: paleocoordinates 33.8° N, 117.0° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Fernando Formation, Early/Lower Pliocene (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)
• age from Smith, 2011; originally late Miocene or early Pliocene, probably the former
Environment/lithology: coastal; gray, blue, argillaceous shale
Size class: macrofossils
Collected in 1913; reposited in the LACM, USNM
• ... Homer Hamlin, city engineer of Los Angeles, California, to whom we are indebted for preserving the valuable paleontological material taken out of the Third Street tunnel, Los Angeles.
Primary reference: F. A. Lucas. 1901. A flightless auk, Mancalla californiensis, from the Miocene of California. Proceedings of the US National Museum 24(1245):133-134 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 120822: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 22.11.2011, edited by Samantha Yost and Jonathan Marcot
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
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Gastropoda | |
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"Nassa hamlini n. sp." = Nassarius (Catilon) hamlini1
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Fusitriton aff. oregonensis6 Redfield 1846 triton shell as Priene oregonensis var. angelensis new variety
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Bivalvia | |
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"Anadara camuloensis" = Larkinia camuloensis6
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"Lima hamlini n. sp." = Acesta (Acesta) hamlini2
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"Pecten (Lyropecten) cerrosensis" = Lyropecten cerrosensis5, Hyalopecten (Delectopecten) aff. randolphi6
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"Ostrea vespertina" = Dendostrea vespertina5
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"Phreagena lasia n. gen. n. sp." = Archivesica gibbera6
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"Trachycardium cf. quadragenarium" = Dallocardia quadragenarium6
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"Crassatellites sp." = Crassatella5
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Malacostraca | |
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Aves | |
Mancalla californiensis n. sp.
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Actinopteri | |
Ectasis proriger n. gen. n. sp.3
Ectasis proriger n. gen. n. sp.3 Jordan and Gilbert 1919 |