UCMP loc. 3760, Simi Hills (Paleocene to of the United States)

Where: San Diego County, California (34.3° N, 118.7° W: paleocoordinates 39.0° N, 97.1° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Santa Susana Formation, Danian to Danian (66.0 - 59.2 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marginal marine; lithology not reported and lithified sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Nelson; reposited in the UCMP

Primary reference: R. N. Nelson. 1925. A contribution to the paleontology of the Martinez Eocene of California. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 15(11):397-466 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 220450: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 01.06.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Macrocallista furlongi Nelson 1925 venus clam
Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Pyropsidae
Pyropsis fantozzii Saul 1988 snail