Where: Ventura County, California (34.3° N, 118.7° W: paleocoordinates 35.0° N, 104.6° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Llajas Formation, Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)
• Stewart Bed
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Reposited in the LACM
• Collected by R.L. Squires, (1978)
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 201257: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 02.05.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Eocernina hannibali Dickerson 1914 snail | |
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Xenophora stocki Dickerson 1916 carrier shell | |
Bivalvia | |
"Solena (Eosalen) navacularis" = Solena (Eosolen) novacularis
"Solena (Eosalen) navacularis" = Solena (Eosolen) novacularis Anderson and Hanna 1925 clam | |
Anthozoa | |
? Trochocyathus striatus Gabb 1864 stony coral | |
Foraminifera | |
"Pseudophragmina (Proporocyclina) clarki" = Pseudophragmina clarki
"Pseudophragmina (Proporocyclina) clarki" = Pseudophragmina clarki Cushman 1920 |