Where: Santa Barbara County, California (34.0° N, 120.0° W: paleocoordinates 32.6° N, 111.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Volcanic Arenite Member (Vaqueros Formation), Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)

• The Vaqueros Formation is subdivided into two units on Santa Cruz Island, a lower conglomerate unit and an upper volcanic arenite. The collection is from the volcanic arenite, which overlies the conglomerate.

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified, medium-grained, volcaniclastic, brown sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying,

• Reported by Bereskin and Edward. Not sure of any repositories.

Primary reference: D. E. Weaver. 1969. Geology of the Northern Channel Islands. American Association of Petroleum Geologists - Pacific Section [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 52418: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 04.08.2005

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