CSUN Loc. 485, Devil Canyon (Eocene of the United States)

Also known as LACMIP loc. 40485

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

• Shallow-marine (transgressive) facies

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 201694: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 21.05.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella andersoni
Turritella andersoni Dickerson 1916 turret shell
as Turritella andersoni lawsoni
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
"Ostrea idriaensis" = Acutostrea idriaensis, Cubitostrea californiana n. sp.
"Ostrea idriaensis" = Acutostrea idriaensis Gabb 1869 oyster
Cubitostrea californiana n. sp. Squires 2018 oyster
could be a reidentification of Ostrea idriaensis, but not explicitly stated