Where: Ventura County, California (34.3° N, 118.6° W: paleocoordinates 35.1° N, 104.6° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Llajas Formation, Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collected by Squires in 1978; reposited in the LACM
Primary reference: R. L. Squires. 1984. Megapaleontology of the Eocene Llajas Formation, Simi Valley, California. Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 350:1-76 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 201693: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 21.05.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Corbula (Caryocorbula) dickersoni Weaver and Palmer 1922 clam | |
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium (Laevidentalium) calafium Vokes 1939 tusk shell | |
Gastropoda | |
Cylichnina tantilla Anderson and Hanna 1925 snail | |
Eocernina hannibali Dickerson 1914 snail
Pachycrommium clarki Stewart 1927 snail | |
"Ectinochilus (Macilentos) macilentus" = Rimella macilenta
"Ectinochilus (Macilentos) macilentus" = Rimella macilenta White 1889 true conch | |
Lyria andersoni Waring 1917 volute | |
Olivella mathewsonii Gabb 1864 olive snail | |
Domenginella claytonensis Gabb 1864 snail | |
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"Pseudoliva lineata" = Calorebama dilleri lineata
"Pseudoliva lineata" = Calorebama dilleri lineata Gabb 1864 snail | |
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