LSJU loc. 200, Los Vaqueros Valley: Early/Lower Miocene, California
collected by A. W. Ambrose

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
? Tivela vaquerosensis n. sp. Wiedey 1929
Wiedey 1929
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Spisula granti n. sp. Wiedey 1928
recombined as Hybolophus granti
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Mytilus kewi n. sp. Wiedey 1929
Wiedey 1929
replaced by Mytilus (Mytilus) loeli
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pteria hertleini n. sp. Wiedey 1928
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:California County:Monterey
Coordinates: 36.2° North, 121.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.2° North, 115.1° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Early/Lower Miocene
Age range of interval:23.03000 - 15.98000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Vaqueros
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:coastal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Museum repositories:CAS
Collectors:A. W. Ambrose
Metadata
Database number:220072
Authorizer:J. Marcot Enterer:J. Marcot
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2021-05-03 15:24:09 Last modified:2021-05-03 15:24:09
Access level:the public Released:2021-05-03 15:24:09
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
55879. L. W. Wiedey. 1928. Notes on the Vaqueros and Temblor formations of the California Miocene with descriptions of new species. Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History 5(10):95-182 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]

Secondary references:

76745 L. W. Wiedey. 1929. New Miocene mollusks from California. Journal of Paleontology 3(3):280-289 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]