Also known as LACMIP 16962; LACMIP 41453

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. 1999. Middle Eocene brackish-marine mollusks from the Matilija Sandstone at Matilija Hot Springs, Ventura County, Southern California. Contributions in Science, Los Angeles County Museum 480:1-30 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 210290: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 28.05.2020

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