Near the San Fernando Tunnel (Pliocene of the United States)

Where: Los Angeles County, California (34.3° N, 118.5° W: paleocoordinates 34.1° N, 117.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Pico Formation, Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

• Reported as "Fernando Formation" by Carson (1925), but Keen (1944) says Pico Formation.

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by G. H. Ashley; reposited in the CAS

Primary reference: C. M. Carson. 1925. Some new species from the Pliocene of Southern California with a few changes in nomenclature. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 24(2):31-35 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 204365: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 06.09.2019, edited by Mark Uhen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Cantharus ashleyi n. sp. Carson 1925 true whelk
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Pecten (Plagioctenium) cerrosensis" = Lyropecten cerrosensis
"Pecten (Plagioctenium) cerrosensis" = Lyropecten cerrosensis Gabb 1866 scallop