UCLA loc. 3111, Las Virgenes Canyon, Simi Hills (Paleocene of the United States)

Also known as LACMIP loc. 23111

Where: Ventura County, California (34.2° N, 118.8° W: paleocoordinates 39.1° N, 96.7° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Las Virgenes Formation, Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)

• Las Virgenes Sandstone, upĀ­per part. Paleocene, ?late Danian.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected by J. H. Fantozzi in 1952; reposited in the LACM

Primary reference: R. L. Squires. 1991. Molluscan Paleontology of the Lower Eocene Maniobra Formation, Orocopia Mountains, Southern California. Eocene Geologic History San Diego Region, Pacific Section SEPM 68:217-226 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 193543: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 26.05.2018

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Pyropsidae
Pyropsis fantozzii Saul 1988 snail