CIT Loc. 264: Middle Pleistocene, California
collected by A. Clark 1929

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Stenolaemata - Cyclostomata - Multisparsidae
Idmonea californica Conrad 1855
R category
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Cellariidae
Cellaria mandibulata Hincks 1882
R category
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana minuta (Müller 1776)
C category
SUBSPECIES: Nuculana minuta praecursor
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Chlamys jordani (Arnold 1903)
R category
synonym of Chlamys rubida
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
"Protocardia" centifilosa (Carpenter 1864)
R category
recombined as Nemocardium (Keenaea) centifilosum
Bivalvia - Poromyida - Poromyidae
Poromya tenuiconcha (Dall 1913)
R category
recombined as Dermatomya tenuiconcha
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucina annulata Reeve 1850
R category
recombined as Lucinoma annulatum
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Cardita ventricosa Gould 1850
R category
recombined as Coanicardita ventricosa
Gastropoda - Procerithiidae
Bittium catalinense (Bartsch 1907)
R category
recombined as Lirobittium catalinensis
Bittium ornatissimum (Bartsch 1911)
R category
synonym of Lirobittium armillatum
Bittium larum (Bartsch 1911)
R category
recombined as Lirobittium larum
Bittium asperum (Gabb 1861)
C category
recombined as Lirobittium asperum
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Neverita reclusiana (Deshayes 1839)
R category
recombined as Glossaulax reclusiana
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Boreotrophon pacificus Dall 1902
R category
Boreotrophon orpheus (Gould 1842)
R category
SUBSPECIES: Boreotrophon orpheus praccursor
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Borsoniidae
Borsonella bartschi (Arnold 1903)
R category
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Olivella pedroana (Conrad 1855)
R category
recombined as Callianax pedroana
Olivella biplicata (Sowerby 1825)
C category
recombined as Callianax biplicata
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Nassarius cooperi (Forbes 1852)
R category
recombined as Hima cooperi
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Barbarofusus barbarensis (Trask 1855)
R category
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Amphissa reticulata (Dall 1916)
R category
Mitrella gausapata (Gould 1850)
R category
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crepidula lingulata Gould 1846
R category
recombined as Crepipatella lingulata
Crepidula princeps Conrad 1855
R category
Gastropoda - Pseudomelaniidae
Antiplanes perversa (Gabb 1865)
R category
recombined as Spirotropis (Antiplanes) perversa
Gastropoda - Turbinidae
Astraea inaequalis (Martyn 1784)
R category
    = Pomaulax gibberosa Dillwyn 1817
Hendy 2020
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Tegula montereyi (Kiener 1850)
R category
recombined as Chlorostoma montereyi
Gastropoda - Solariellidae
Solariella peramabilis Carpenter 1864
R category
recombined as Minolia peramabilis
Gastropoda - Eucyclidae
Cidarina cidaris (Adams 1864)
R category
Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Puncturella galeata (Gould 1846)
C category
Puncturella cucullata (Gould 1846)
R category
recombined as Craniopsis cucullata
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:California County:Los Angeles
Coordinates: 33.7° North, 118.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:33.7° North, 118.3° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
Stage:Chibanian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Middle Pleistocene
Age range of interval:0.77400 - 0.12900 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Timms Point Silt
Local section:Timms Point Local bed:1
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From "Timms Point beds", which locally overly Miocene shale. AGE: Pleistocene, following Clark (1931), but edited to middle Pleistocene by enterer on the basis of established modern age control. STRATIGRAPHIC DETAILS: Basal 2 ft of Bed No. 1 resting directly on Miocene shale. Foraminifera extremely abundant.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: unlithified siltstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: LITHOLOGY: shale. LITHIFICATION: not reported in text, but fossils in LACMIP collection from these localities are unlithified.
Environment:offshore
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: fauna is characteristic of offshore soft-bottom settings.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original aragonite,original calcite
Degree of concentration:dispersed
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Abundance in sediment:common
Spatial resolution:autochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,surface (float),surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Museum repositories:CIT,LACM
Collectors:A. Clark Collection dates:1929
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: A. Clark, 1929. REPOSITORY: LACMIP, including former CIT collections.
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for invertebrates. NOMENCLATURE: Antiquated, but mostly with species-resolution identifications.
Metadata
Database number:202632
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2019-07-16 15:25:34 Last modified:2019-07-16 16:56:28
Access level:authorizer only Released:2020-01-16 15:25:34
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

69437. A. Clark. 1931. The cool-water Timms Point Pleistocene horizon at San Pedro, California. Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History 7:25-42 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]

Secondary references:

63217 A. J. W. Hendy. 2020. Unpublished taxonomic backbone for Eastern Pacific Invertebrate Communities of the Cenozoic (EPICC) Thematic Collections Network. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]