Where: Ventura County, California (34.3° N, 118.7° W: paleocoordinates 35.0° 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 201698: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 21.05.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Glycymeris (Glycymeris) rosecanyonensis Hanna 1927 clam | |
"Macoma rosa" = Macoma (Rexithaerus) rosa
"Macoma rosa" = Macoma (Rexithaerus) rosa Hanna 1927 tellin clam | |
Gastropoda | |
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Tejonia moragai Stewart 1927 moon snail | |
Ancilla (Spirancilla) gabbi Cossman 1899 snail | |
Cerithiopsis llajasensis Squires 1984 snail |