CSUN Loc. 486, Santa Susana Mountains: Lutetian, California
collected by Squires 1978

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Retusidae
Cylichnina tantilla (Anderson and Hanna 1925)
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Architectonica (Stellaxis) cognata (Gabb 1864)
Gastropoda - Ficidae
Ficopsis remondii (Gabb 1864)
recombined as Ficus remondii
as Ficopsis remondii crescentensis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Clathurellidae
Domenginella claytonensis (Gabb 1864)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus hornii Gabb 1864
as Conus hornii umpquaensis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Ptychatractidae
Exilia llajasensis Bentson 1940
Gastropoda - Bursidae
Ranellina pilsbryi Stewart 1927
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Natica (Naticarius) aff. uvasana (Gabb 1864)
original and current combination Natica uvasana
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella uvasana Conrad 1855
as Turritella uvasana applinae
Turritella buwaldana Dickerson 1916
Gastropoda - Ampullinidae
Pachycrommium clarki (Stewart 1927)
Eocernina hannibali (Dickerson 1914)
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:California County:Los Angeles
Coordinates: 34.3° North, 118.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.1° North, 104.6° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
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 - 41.20000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Llajas
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:offshore
Glacial or sequence phase:transgressive
Geology comments: 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
Collectors:Squires Collection dates:1978
Metadata
Database number:201695
Authorizer:J. Marcot Enterer:J. Marcot
Modifier:J. Marcot Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2019-05-21 13:30:34 Last modified:2019-12-31 01:19:21
Access level:the public Released:2019-05-21 13:30:34
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]