LACMIP loc. 26526, Dip Creek, Lake Nacimiento (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as UCLA loc. 6526

Where: San Luis Obispo County, California (35.7° N, 120.9° W: paleocoordinates 41.6° N, 97.0° W)

When: El Piojo Formation, Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• Piojo Formation, upper part. Age: Latest Maastrichtian.

Environment/lithology: marine; conglomeratic sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by R. B. Saul and L. R. Saul in 31, 1977; reposited in the LACM

Primary reference: R. L. Squires. 1997. Taxonomy and Distribution of the Buccinid Gastropod Brachysphingus from Uppermost Cretaceous and Lower Cenozoic Marine Strata of the Pacific Slope of North America. Journal of Paleontology 71(5):847-861 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 218669: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 25.02.2021

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Xenomytilus fons3
Xenomytilus fons3 Squires and Saul 2006 mussel
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Calva (Calva) baptisia n. sp.2
Calva (Calva) baptisia n. sp.2 Saul and Popenoe 1992 venus clam
Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Brachysphingus gibbosus
Brachysphingus gibbosus Nelson 1925 true whelk
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
"Polinices (Euspira) sp." = Euspira1
"Polinices (Euspira) sp." = Euspira1 Agassiz 1837 moon snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella peninsularis1
Turritella peninsularis1 Anderson and Hanna 1935 turret shell
as sspl. "Turritella peninsularis adelaidana"
Cephalopoda
 Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae
? Neophylloceras sp.1
? Neophylloceras sp.1 Shimizu 1934 ammonite
1Saul 1986; 2Saul and Popenoe 1992; 3Squires and Saul 2006