CSUN 701, Bus Canyon, Simi Hills (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Ventura County, California (34.2° N, 118.8° W: paleocoordinates 35.0° N, 104.7° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Llajas Formation, Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; sandstone

• Interfingering coastal alluvial-fan facies and shallow-marine (transgressive) facies.

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by R. L. Squires in 1983; reposited in the LACM

Collection methods: bulk,

• Repository: Formerly California State University Northridge (CSUN)

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 207186: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 31.12.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Solenida - Solenidae
Solena (Eosolen) novacularis
Solena (Eosolen) novacularis Anderson and Hanna 1925 clam
p. 50: "A solenid at locality 701 may be this species."
Gastropoda
 Neritoidea - Neritidae
Nerita (cf. Amphinerita) eorex, Velates perversus
Velates perversus Gmelin 1791 snail