CSUN Loc. 500 - Devil Canyon, Santa Susana Mountains (Eocene to of the United States)

Where: Los Angeles County, California (34.3° N, 118.6° W: paleocoordinates 36.2° N, 102.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Llajas Formation, Ypresian to Ypresian (56.0 - 41.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; bioturbated sandstone

• sandstone.

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the LACM

Collection methods: bulk,

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 205252: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 09.10.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Acrosmiliidae
"? Trochocyathus striatus" = Trochosmilia (Acrosmilia) striata
"? Trochocyathus striatus" = Trochosmilia (Acrosmilia) striata Gabb 1864 stony coral
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella buwaldana Dickerson 1916 turret shell
Turritella uvasana Conrad 1855 turret shell
as Turritella uvasana applinae
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
Eocernina hannibali Dickerson 1914 snail
Pachycrommium clarki Stewart 1927 snail
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
 Solenida - Solenidae
Solena (Eosolen) novacularis Anderson and Hanna 1925 clam
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium stentor Anderson and Hanna 1925 tusk shell