CSUN loc. 848. Canton Canyon (Eocene of the United States)

Also known as LACMIP loc. 16243; LACMIP loc. 40848

Where: California (34.6° N, 118.7° W: paleocoordinates 37.1° N, 101.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: P8 foram zone, Turritella uvasana infera fauna Member (Juncal Formation), Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)

• CP10 & NP12 calcareous nannoplankton zones

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: sandstone

• Transition zone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Reposited in the UCMP

Primary reference: R. L. Squires. 1987. Eocene molluscan paleontology of the Whitaker Peak area, Los Angeles and Ventura counties, California. Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 388:1-93 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 178720: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 12.05.2016, edited by Jonathan Marcot

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Neritoidea - Neritidae
Velates perversus Gmelin 1791 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Gisortia sp. Jousseaume 1884 cowry