UCLA loc. 4137, Jalama Creek (Cretaceous to of the United States)

Also known as LACMIP loc. 24137; erroneously listed as LACMIP loc. 24237 in appendix of Saul and Squires 2008

Where: Santa Barbara County, California (34.5° N, 120.4° W: paleocoordinates 40.7° N, 92.1° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Jalama Formation, Late/Upper Campanian to Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 66.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, gray, yellow sandstone and conglomerate

• "180-230' thick. Hard, light-gray to buff, bedded arkosic sandstone; lenses of pebble conglomerate near base."

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by W. P. Popenoe in 1938

Primary reference: D. H. Dailey and W. P. Popenoe. 1966. Mollusca from the upper Cretaceous Jalama Formation, Santa Barbara County, California. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 65:1-41 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/A. Clement]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 1542: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Mike Sommers on 13.05.1999, edited by Jonathan Marcot

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Taxonomic list

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Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium sp.
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell
Gastropoda
 Neritoidea - Neritidae
Nerita sp., Nerita (Bajanenta) larix1
Nerita sp. Linnaeus 1758 snail
Nerita (Bajanenta) larix1 Saul and Squires 1997 snail
 Cerithioidea -
"? Pseudoglauconia ainiktos" = Bullamirifica ainiktos
"? Pseudoglauconia ainiktos" = Bullamirifica ainiktos Dailey and Popenoe 1966 snail
originally entered as "? Pseudoglauconia ainiktos"
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
Ampullina concipio
Ampullina concipio Dailey and Popenoe 1966 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Capulidae
Lysis jalamaca n. sp.2
Lysis jalamaca n. sp.2 Saul and Squires 2008 snail
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
? Piestochilus sp.
? Piestochilus sp. Meek 1864 snail
originally entered as "? Piestochilus sp."
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Eripachya jalama3
Eripachya jalama3 Squires and Saul 2003 true whelk
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Corbiculidae
Corbicula astartoides
Corbicula astartoides Dailey and Popenoe 1966 clam
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
"Glycymeris suciensis" = Glycymerita veatchii
"Glycymeris suciensis" = Glycymerita veatchii Gabb 1864 clam
originally entered as "Gycymeris suciensis"
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia jalama
Anomia jalama Dailey and Popenoe 1966 jingle
1Saul and Squires 1997; 2Saul and Squires 2008; 3Squires and Saul 2003