LACMIP loc. 23724, Upper Sespe Creek (Eocene to of the United States)

Also known as UCLA loc. 3724

Where: Ventura County, California (34.6° N, 119.2° W: paleocoordinates 34.4° N, 106.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Coldwater Formation, Middle Eocene to Middle Eocene (47.8 - 33.9 Ma)

• Late middle Eocene to early late Eocene

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 202086: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 21.06.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Phygraea badgeri n. sp. Squires 2018 oyster
 Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia (Pacificor) clarki Weaver and Palmer 1922 clam
subspecies clarki