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
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 178752: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 13.05.2016, edited by Jonathan Marcot
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Calyptraea diegoana Conrad 1855 slipper shell | |
"? Bittium dumblei" = Cerithium dumblei
"? Bittium dumblei" = Cerithium dumblei Dickerson 1916 cerith snail | |
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Eocernina hannibali Dickerson 1914 snail | |
Olivella mathewsonii Gabb 1864 olive snail | |
Streptochetus californiana n. sp., "Sassia bilineata" = Fasciolaria bilineata
Streptochetus californiana n. sp. Squires 1987 snail
"Sassia bilineata" = Fasciolaria bilineata Dickerson 1916 tulip snail | |
"Cryptoconus cooperi" = Turricula cooperi
"Cryptoconus cooperi" = Turricula cooperi Dickerson 1916 snail | |
Lyria andersoni, Athleta roddai n. sp.
Lyria andersoni Waring 1917 volute
Athleta roddai n. sp. Squires 1987 volute | |
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Galeodea (Gomphopages) meganosensis Vokes 1939 snail | |
Amaurellina caleocia Vokes 1939 moon snail
Neverita (Neverita) globosa Gabb 1869 moon snail
Crommium pinyonensis Dickerson 1914 moon snail | |
Cylichnina tantilla Anderson and Hanna 1925 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
"Ostrea haleyi" = Phygraea haleyi
"Ostrea haleyi" = Phygraea haleyi Hertlein 1933 oyster | |
"Miltha packi" = Gibbolucina (Eomiltha) packi
"Miltha packi" = Gibbolucina (Eomiltha) packi Dickerson 1916 clam | |
Corbula (Caryocorbula) dickersoni, "Corbula (Varicorbula) capayana" = Varicorbula capayana
Corbula (Caryocorbula) dickersoni Weaver and Palmer 1922 clam
"Corbula (Varicorbula) capayana" = Varicorbula capayana Vokes 1939 clam | |
Chama piruensis Squires 1987 jewel box | |
Tellina (Macaliopsis) aff. rosa tellin clam as "Tellina (Macaliopsis) new species? aff. T. (M.) rosa"
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"Gari aff. eoundulata" = Gari (Gobraeus) eoundulata
"Gari aff. eoundulata" = Gari (Gobraeus) eoundulata Vokes 1939 clam as "Gari new species? aff. G. eoundulata"
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