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
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Mitrella carinata
(Hinds 1844)
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recombined as Alia carinata | ||||||||||
SUBSPECIES: Mitrella carinata gausapata | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Ranellidae
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Fusitriton oregonensis
(Redfield 1846)
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella pedroensis
Applin 1920
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A category | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Hiatellida
- Hiatellidae
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Panomya beringianus
(Dall 1916)
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Bivalvia
- Pandorida
- Pandoridae
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Pandora grandis
(Dall 1877)
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synonym of Pandora (Pandorella) wardiana | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Myidae
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Mya truncata
Linnaeus 1758
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recombined as Mya (Mya) truncata | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Cyclocardia californica
(Dall 1903)
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recombined as Coanicardita californica | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea lurida
Carpenter 1864
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= Ostrea conchaphila
Carpenter 1857
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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] |