CSUN loc. 837. On east side of Sharps Canyon (Eocene of the United States)

Where: California (34.6° N, 118.7° W: paleocoordinates 37.1° N, 101.7° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: P8 foram zone, Turritella uvasana infera fauna Member (Juncal Formation), Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)

• CP10 & NP 12 nannoplankton zones

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: sandstone

• Transition zone
• Sandstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Reposited in the UCMP

Primary reference: R. L. Squires. 1987. Eocene molluscan paleontology of the Whitaker Peak area, Los Angeles and Ventura counties, California. Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 388:1-93 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 178719: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 12.05.2016, edited by Jonathan Marcot

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
 Neritoidea - Neritidae
Velates perversus
Velates perversus Gmelin 1791 snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella andersoni
Turritella andersoni Dickerson 1916 turret shell
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
Eocernina hannibali
Eocernina hannibali Dickerson 1914 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Campanilidae
Campanile cf. dilloni
Campanile cf. dilloni Hanna and Hertlein 1949 snail
Campanile new species?
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Gisortia clarki
Gisortia clarki Ingram 1940 cowry
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Lyrischapa lajollaensis
Lyrischapa lajollaensis Hanna 1927 volute
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Clavilithes tabulatus
Clavilithes tabulatus Dickerson 1913 snail
Bivalvia
 Carditida - Carditidae
Glyptoactis (Claibornicardia) sandiegoensis