CSUN loc. 1116, Upper Sespe Creek (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Ventura County, California (34.6° N, 119.4° W: paleocoordinates 34.9° N, 106.1° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Coldwater Formation, Middle Eocene (47.8 - 37.7 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; 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 202076: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 21.06.2019

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Taxonomic list

Echinoidea
 Spatangoida - Schizasteridae
Schizaster diabloensis Kew 1920 heart urchin