Woodring Loc. 34 - Harbor Blvd [Timms Point Silt]: Middle Pleistocene, California
collected by W. Woodring 1930

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Pandorida - Pandoridae
Pandora grandis (Dall 1877)
synonym of Pandora (Pandorella) wardiana
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:outcrop
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
Regional section:Timms Point Silt Regional bed:1
Regional order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From the Timms Point Silt, which is locally overlain by the San Pedro Sand; it is possible that this is infact from the San Pedro Sand. AGE: Lower Pleistocene in Woodring et al. (1946) and Valentine PhD, but is now regarded as Middle Pleistocene [A. Hendy]. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From Unit 1 (?) of Timms Point Silt.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: poorly lithified siltstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Not listed, but generally a poorly consolidated silt. LITHIFICATION: Not stated, but typically poorly lithified.
Environment:offshore
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Typically containing a offshore shelf fauna.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original aragonite,original calcite
Degree of concentration:-lag
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Temporal resolution:time-averaged
Spatial resolution:parautochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some genera
Collection methods:surface (float),surface (in situ)
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Museum repositories:USGS,USNM
Collectors:W. Woodring Collection dates:1930
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: W. Woodring, 1930. REPOSITORY: USGS, now Smithsonian.
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Limited to molluscs listed or figured in text. NOMENCLATURE: Updated to 1960s era, so somewhat antiquated but standardized and typically resolved to species resolution.
Metadata
Also known as:USGS 12205; W6-30
Database number:223307
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2021-11-08 00:12:38 Last modified:2021-11-13 23:31:24
Access level:authorizer only Released:2022-05-08 00:12:38
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

41105. W. P. Woodring, M. N. Bramlette, and W. S. W. Kew. 1946. Geology and Paleontology of Palos Verdes Hills, California. US Geological Survey Professional Paper 207:1-145 [M. Uhen/M. Shalap/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

78337 A. Hendy. 2021. A review of the Quaternary Mollusca of the Palos Verdes Peninsula. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]