Also known as USGS 12156; W98-30
Where: Los Angeles County, California (33.8° N, 118.3° W: paleocoordinates 33.8° N, 118.3° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Palos Verdes Sand Formation, Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From the Palos Verdes Sand, which overlies the San Pedro Sand. AGE: Upper Pleistocene in Woodring et al. (1946) and Valentine PhD. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: unknown position within formation.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite
Collected by W. Woodring in 1930; reposited in the USGS, USNM
Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ)
• COLLECTOR: W. Woodring, 1930. REPOSITORY: USGS, now Smithsonian.
Primary reference: W. P. Woodring, M. N. Bramlette, and W. S. W. Kew. 1946. Geology and Paleontology of Palos Verdes Hills, California. US Geological Survey Professional Paper 207:1-145 [M. Uhen/M. Shalap/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 223524: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 15.11.2021
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
"Crassinella branneri" = Crassinella pacifica, Crassinella nuculiformis
"Crassinella branneri" = Crassinella pacifica Adams 1852 clam
Crassinella nuculiformis Berry 1940 clam | |
"Chione gnidia" = Chionopsis gnidia Broderip and Sowerby I 1829 venus clam
Dosinia ponderosa Gray 1838 venus clam
""Chione" picta" = Chione (Timoclea) picta Willett 1944 venus clam |