Where: Ventura County, California (34.3° N, 118.7° W: paleocoordinates 35.1° N, 104.6° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Llajas Formation, Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the LACM
Collection methods: bulk,
• Repository: Formerly California State University Northridge (CSUN)
Primary reference: R. L. Squires. 1984. Megapaleontology of the Eocene Llajas Formation, Simi Valley, California. Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 350:1-76 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 200850: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 22.04.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Ostreidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 oyster "Similarly, ostreid fragments occur at localities 463 and 526 in the lower part of the shallow- marine (transgressive) facies, but generic identifications could not be made."
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