CSUN Loc. 469d: Lutetian, California

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella andersoni Dickerson 1916
Gastropoda - Seraphsidae
Paraseraphs erraticus (Cooper 1894)
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:California County:Ventura
Coordinates: 34.3° North, 118.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.0° North, 104.6° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Altitude:1400 feet
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Lutetian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 2
Key time interval:Lutetian
Age range of interval:47.80000 - 41.30000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Llajas
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:coastal indet.
Geology comments: Interfingering coastal alluvial-fan facies and shallow-marine (transgressive) facies
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,mold/impression
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:medium
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Museum repositories:LACM
Collection method comments: Collected by R.L. Squires, (1978)
Metadata
Database number:201201
Authorizer:J. Marcot Enterer:J. Marcot
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2019-05-02 11:09:24 Last modified:2019-05-02 11:09:24
Access level:the public Released:2019-05-02 11:09:24
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

59877. R. L. Squires. 1984. Megapaleontology of the Eocene Llajas Formation, Simi Valley, California. Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 350:1-76 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]