CSUN loc. 1446 - Matilija Hot Springs [Matilija Sandstone] (Eocene of the United States)

Also known as LACMIP loc. 24258; LACMIP loc. 41446; UCLA loc. 4258

Where: Ventura County, California (34.5° N, 119.3° W: paleocoordinates 35.2° N, 105.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Transition other zone, Matilija Formation, Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)

• AGE: revised to Lutetian and "Matilija Sandstone" following EPICC stratigraphic revision.

Environment/lithology: coastal; silty mudstone and sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: coquina

Collected by Jestes (1963); R. L. Squires; reposited in the LACM

Primary reference: R. L. Squires. 1991. A New Middle Eocene potamidid gastropod from brackish-marine deposits, Southern California. The Veliger 34(4):354-359 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 210286: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 28.05.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Cuneocorbula torreyensis Hanna 1927 clam
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
"Tellina joaquinensis" = Tellina (Angulus) joaquinensis
"Tellina joaquinensis" = Tellina (Angulus) joaquinensis Arnold 1909 tellin clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Pelecyora aequilateralis Gabb 1869 venus clam
 Cardiida - Trapezidae
Neotrapezium californicum Squires 1999 clam
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Acutostrea idriaensis Gabb 1869 oyster
as Acutostrea idriaensis idriaensis
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Pachychilidae
Melanatria markleyensis Clark 1938 snail
 Cerithioidea - Melanopsidae
Loxotrema turritum Gabb 1869 snail
 Cerithioidea - Potamididae
Potamides (Potamidopsis) californica Squires 1991 horn snail
 Cerithioidea - Thiaridae
"Pyrgulifera (Pyrgulifera) lajollaensis" = Pyrgulifera lajollaensis
"Pyrgulifera (Pyrgulifera) lajollaensis" = Pyrgulifera lajollaensis Hanna 1927 snail
 Neotaenioglossa - Trichotropidae
"Crepidula inornata" = Spirocrypta inornata
"Crepidula inornata" = Spirocrypta inornata Dickerson 1916 snail