Woodring Loc. 66 - North Palos Verdes Peninsula [Timms Point Silt]: Middle Pleistocene, California
collected by W. Woodring 1930

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Mitrella carinata (Hinds 1844)
recombined as Alia carinata
SUBSPECIES: Mitrella carinata gausapata
Gastropoda - Ranellidae
Fusitriton oregonensis (Redfield 1846)
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella pedroensis Applin 1920
A category
Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Panomya beringianus (Dall 1916)
Bivalvia - Pandorida - Pandoridae
Pandora grandis (Dall 1877)
synonym of Pandora (Pandorella) wardiana
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Myidae
Mya truncata Linnaeus 1758
recombined as Mya (Mya) truncata
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Cyclocardia californica (Dall 1903)
recombined as Coanicardita californica
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea lurida Carpenter 1864
    = Ostrea conchaphila Carpenter 1857
Hendy 2021
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:California County:Los Angeles
Coordinates: 33.8° North, 118.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:33.8° 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
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From the Timms Point Silt, which is locally overlain by the San Pedro Sand, and overlies the Lomita Marl. AGE: Lower Pleistocene in Woodring et al. (1946) and Valentine PhD, but is now regarded as Middle Pleistocene [A. Hendy]. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within 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 12217; W105-30
Database number:223316
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2021-11-08 01:13:34 Last modified:2021-11-13 23:42:35
Access level:authorizer only Released:2022-05-08 01:13:34
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]