Where: California (33.8° N, 118.3° W: paleocoordinates 33.8° N, 118.3° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Lomita Marl Formation, Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)
• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From the Lomita Marl, which is locally overlain by the Timms Point Silt and San Pedro Sand. AGE: Early Pleistocene in Woodring et al. (1946) and Valentine PhD, but is now regarded as Middle Pleistocene [A. Hendy]. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: General list for taxa from unspecified localities reported by Woodring et al. (1946) from the Lomita Marl.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; unlithified, calcareous marl
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite
Collected by W. Woodring in 1930; reposited in the USGS, USNM
Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: W. Woodring, 1930. REPOSITORY: USGS, now Smithsonian.
Primary reference: W. P. Woodring, M. N. Bramlette, and W. S. W. Kew. 1946. Geology and Paleontology of Palos Verdes Hills, California. US Geological Survey Professional Paper 207:1-145 [M. Uhen/M. Shalap/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 203095: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 26.07.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
"Iselica fenestrata" = Iselica ovoidea
"Iselica fenestrata" = Iselica ovoidea Gould 1853 snail | |
"Puncturella cucullata" = Craniopsis cucullata
"Puncturella cucullata" = Craniopsis cucullata Gould 1846 puncturella | |
"Pupillaria optabilis" = Lirularia optabilis, "Tegula montereyi" = Chlorostoma montereyi, Calliostoma annulatum, Calliostoma ligatum, "Calliostoma doliarium" = Calliostoma canaliculatum
"Pupillaria optabilis" = Lirularia optabilis Carpenter 1864 top snail
"Tegula montereyi" = Chlorostoma montereyi Kiener 1850 top snail
Calliostoma annulatum Lightfoot 1786 top snail
Calliostoma ligatum Gould 1849 top snail
"Calliostoma doliarium" = Calliostoma canaliculatum Lightfoot 1786 top snail | |
"Solariella permabilis" = Minolia peramabilis, "Solariella rhyssa" = Minolia peramabilis
"Solariella permabilis" = Minolia peramabilis Carpenter 1864 snail
"Solariella rhyssa" = Minolia peramabilis Carpenter 1864 snail | |
Liotia fenestrata Carpenter 1864 snail | |
"Pupillaria sp." = Margarites (Pupillaria), "Homalopoma subobsoletum" = Homalopoma (Homalopoma) subobsoletum, Homalopoma baculum, Homalopoma paucicostatum
"Pupillaria sp." = Margarites (Pupillaria) Dall 1909 snail
"Homalopoma subobsoletum" = Homalopoma (Homalopoma) subobsoletum Willett 1937 snail
Homalopoma baculum Carpenter 1864 snail
Homalopoma paucicostatum Dall 1871 snail | |
Acmaea funiculata, "Acmaea ochracea" = Lottia instabilis, "Acmaea insessa" = Lottia insessa, "Acmaea limatula" = Lottia limatula, "Acmaea lepisma" = Lottia depicta
Acmaea funiculata Carpenter 1864 limpet
"Acmaea ochracea" = Lottia instabilis Gould 1846 limpet
"Acmaea insessa" = Lottia insessa Hinds 1842 limpet
"Acmaea limatula" = Lottia limatula Carpenter 1864 limpet
"Acmaea lepisma" = Lottia depicta Hinds 1842 limpet | |
Turritella cooperi Carpenter 1864 turret shell | |
Crepidula nummaria Gould 1846 slipper shell
Crepidula adunca Sowerby 1824 slipper shell
Crepidula onyx Sowerby 1824 slipper shell
Crepipatella lingulata Gould 1846 slipper shell | |
"Bittium asperum" = Lirobittium asperum, "Bittium attenuatum" = Lirobittium attenuatum, "Bittium interfossum" = Lirobittium interfossum, "Bittium armillatum" = Lirobittium armillatum
"Bittium asperum" = Lirobittium asperum Gabb 1861 snail
"Bittium attenuatum" = Lirobittium attenuatum Carpenter 1864 snail
"Bittium interfossum" = Lirobittium interfossum Carpenter 1864 snail
"Bittium armillatum" = Lirobittium armillatum Carpenter 1864 snail | |
"Lacuna unifasciata" = Lacuna (Epheria) unifasciata, "Littorina scutulata" = Littorina (Littorina) scutulata
"Lacuna unifasciata" = Lacuna (Epheria) unifasciata Carpenter 1857 periwinkle
"Littorina scutulata" = Littorina (Littorina) scutulata Gould 1849 periwinkle | |
"Cerithiopsis cosmia" = Cerithiopsidella cosmia
"Cerithiopsis cosmia" = Cerithiopsidella cosmia Bartsch 1907 snail | |
"Triphora pedroana" = Monophorus pedroanus
"Triphora pedroana" = Monophorus pedroanus Bartsch 1907 snail | |
"Cerithiopsis necropolitana" = Cerithiopsida necropolitana
"Cerithiopsis necropolitana" = Cerithiopsida necropolitana Bartsch 1911 snail | |
"Alvania purpurea" = Alvinia purpurea, "Alvania acutelirata" = Actonia compacta
"Alvania purpurea" = Alvinia purpurea Dall 1871 snail
"Alvania acutelirata" = Actonia compacta Carpenter 1864 snail | |
Barleeia haliotiphila, "Diala marmorea" = Pseudodiala acuta
Barleeia haliotiphila Carpenter 1864 snail
"Diala marmorea" = Pseudodiala acuta Carpenter 1864 snail | |
"Caecum grippi" = Caecum quadratum, Caecum californicum, "Micranellum crebricinctum" = Caecum crebricinctum
"Caecum grippi" = Caecum quadratum Carpenter 1857 snail
Caecum californicum Dall 1885 snail
"Micranellum crebricinctum" = Caecum crebricinctum Carpenter 1864 snail | |
Amphissa versicolor Dall 1871 snail
Mitrella tuberosa Carpenter 1864 snail
"Mitrella carinata" = Alia carinata Hinds 1844 dovesnail | |
Barbarofusus barbarensis Trask 1855 snail | |
""Nassa" perpinguis" = Caesia perpinguis, ""Nassa" cooperi" = Hima cooperi, ""Nassa" mendica" = Hima mendica
""Nassa" perpinguis" = Caesia perpinguis Hinds 1844 snail
""Nassa" mendica" = Hima mendica Gould 1849 snail | |
"Cancellaria cooperi" = Progabbia cooperii, "Massyla gracilior" = Admete gracilior
"Cancellaria cooperi" = Progabbia cooperii Gabb 1865 snail
"Massyla gracilior" = Admete gracilior Gabb 1869 admete | |
"Mitra idae" = Mitra (Atrimitra) idae
"Mitra idae" = Mitra (Atrimitra) idae Melville 1893 mitre shell | |
"Conus californicus" = Californiconus californicus
"Conus californicus" = Californiconus californicus Reeve 1844 cone shell | |
"Olivella biplicata" = Callianax biplicata, "Olivella baetica" = Callianax baetica
"Olivella biplicata" = Callianax biplicata Sowerby 1825 olive snail
"Olivella baetica" = Callianax baetica Carpenter 1864 olive snail | |
"Hyalina californica" = Volvarina taeniolata
"Hyalina californica" = Volvarina taeniolata Mörch 1860 margin shell | |
Ceratostoma nuttalli, Boreotrophon multicostatus, "Boreotrophon pedroanus" = Boreotrophon pedroana, Boreotrophon stuarti, Boreotrophon pacificus, "Ocinebra interfossa" = Paciocinebrina interfossa, "Ocinebra lurida" = Paciocinebrina lurida, "Ocinebra foveolata" = Paciocinebrina foveolata
Ceratostoma nuttalli Conrad 1837 murex snail
Boreotrophon multicostatus Eschscholtz 1829 murex snail
"Boreotrophon pedroanus" = Boreotrophon pedroana Arnold 1903 murex snail
Boreotrophon stuarti Smith 1880 murex snail
Boreotrophon pacificus Dall 1902 murex snail
"Ocinebra interfossa" = Paciocinebrina interfossa Carpenter 1864 murex snail
"Ocinebra lurida" = Paciocinebrina lurida Middendorff 1848 murex snail SUBSPECIES: Ocinebra lurida munda
"Ocinebra foveolata" = Paciocinebrina foveolata Hinds 1844 murex snail | |
"Cypraeolina pyriformis" = Granulina margaritula, Plesiocystiscus politulus
"Cypraeolina pyriformis" = Granulina margaritula Carpenter 1857 snail
Plesiocystiscus politulus Dall 1919 snail | |
"Aletes squamigerus" = Thylacodes squamigerus, Petaloconchus sp.
"Aletes squamigerus" = Thylacodes squamigerus Carpenter 1857 worm shell
Petaloconchus sp. Lea 1843 worm shell | |
Bivalvia | |
"Acila castrensis" = Acila (Truncacila) castrensis
"Acila castrensis" = Acila (Truncacila) castrensis Hinds 1843 divaricate nutclam | |
"Chlamys hastatus" = Chlamys hastata, Chlamys jordani
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"Pododesmus macrochisma" = Pododesmus (Monia) macrochisma
"Pododesmus macrochisma" = Pododesmus (Monia) macrochisma Deshayes 1839 scallop | |
"Trachycardium quadragenarium" = Dallocardia quadragenarium
"Trachycardium quadragenarium" = Dallocardia quadragenarium Conrad 1837 cockle | |
"Thyasira gouldi" = Thyasira flexuosa, "Axinopsis viridis" = Axinopsida serricata
"Thyasira gouldi" = Thyasira flexuosa Montagu 1803 clam
"Axinopsis viridis" = Axinopsida serricata Carpenter 1864 clam | |
"Lucinoma annulata" = Lucinoma annulatum
"Lucinoma annulata" = Lucinoma annulatum Reeve 1850 clam | |
"Glans subquadratus" = Glans carpenteri
"Glans subquadratus" = Glans carpenteri Lamy 1922 clam |