Also known as UCLA loc. 3688
Where: Ventura County, California (34.5° N, 119.2° W: paleocoordinates 35.3° N, 105.2° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Matilija Formation, Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)
• "Tejon Stage". AGE: revised to Lutetian and "Matilija Sandstone" following EPICC stratigraphic revision.
Environment/lithology: marine; fine-grained, silty sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: R. L. Squires. 1994. Macropaleontology of Eocene marine rocks, upper Sespe Creek area, Ventura County, southern California. SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology) Pacific Section 74:39-56 [M. Uhen/B. Shipps/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 202046: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 19.06.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Calyptraea diegoana Conrad 1855 slipper shell | |
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Architectonica hornii Gabb 1864 sundial | |
Bivalvia | |
"Acanthocardia (Shedocardia) brewerii" = Schedocardia brewerii
"Acanthocardia (Shedocardia) brewerii" = Schedocardia brewerii Gabb 1864 cockle | |
"Tellina lebecki" = Tellina (Phyllodina) lebecki
"Tellina lebecki" = Tellina (Phyllodina) lebecki Anderson and Hanna 1925 tellin clam |