Where: Orange County, California (33.5° N, 117.8° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Vaqueros Formation, Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Vaqueros Fm, which unconformably overlies the Eocene Tempetate/Martinez Fm, and is overlain by the Temblor Fm (Middle Miocene). THICKNESS: From bed within unit which locally reaches 500 ft in thickness. AGE: Early Miocene on the basis of molluscan biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From just below the contact with the Temblor Fm, basal Vaqueros Fm.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified, silty sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the UCMP
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: W. Loel, W. H. Corey, and A. M. Strong (c. late 1910-20's). REPOSITORY: University of California, Berkeley (UCNMP).
Primary reference: W. Loel and W. H. Corey. 1932. The Vaqueros Formation, Lower Miocene of California. I. Paleontology. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 22(3):31-410 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/J. Marcot]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 71215: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 21.04.2007, edited by Jonathan Marcot
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Sedentaria | |
"Serpula coreyi" = Serpula careyi
"Serpula coreyi" = Serpula careyi Wiedey 1928 | |
Gastropoda | |
Calyptraea filosa Gabb 1866 Chinese hat snail
Crepidula diminutiva n. sp. Loel and Corey 1932 slipper shell | |
"Polinices (Neverita) recluzianus andersoni" = Natica (Neverita) recluziana andersoni
"Polinices (Neverita) recluzianus andersoni" = Natica (Neverita) recluziana andersoni Clark 1918 Recluz's moon snail | |
"Bruclarkia barkerianum santacruzanum" = Bruclarkia barkeriana
"Bruclarkia barkerianum santacruzanum" = Bruclarkia barkeriana Cooper 1894 snail | |
"Rapana vaquerosensis imperialis" = Califrapana vaquerosensis
"Rapana vaquerosensis imperialis" = Califrapana vaquerosensis Arnold 1908 murex snail | |
"Cerithium topangensis" = Bittium topangensis
"Cerithium topangensis" = Bittium topangensis Arnold 1907 cerith snail | |
Turritella temblorensis Wiedey 1928 turret shell | |
"Astraea morani n. sp." = Astraea (Pomaulax) morani
"Astraea morani n. sp." = Astraea (Pomaulax) morani Loel and Corey 1932 snail | |
Scaphander jugularis Conrad 1855 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
"Arca (Barbatia) strongi n. sp." = Anadara (Anadara) strongi
"Arca (Barbatia) strongi n. sp." = Anadara (Anadara) strongi Loel and Corey 1932 ark | |
"Pecten (Plagioctenium) andersoni subandersoni" = Pacipecten andersoni subandersoni, "Pecten (Lyropecten) perrini" = Vertipecten perrini, "Pecten (Lyropecten) bowersi" = Vertipecten bowersi, "Pecten (Lyropecten) miguelensis" = Lyropecten miguelensis, "Pecten (Lyropecten) miguelensis submiguelensis" = Lyropecten pretiosus
"Pecten (Plagioctenium) andersoni subandersoni" = Pacipecten andersoni subandersoni Loel and Corey 1932 scallop
"Pecten (Lyropecten) perrini" = Vertipecten perrini Arnold 1906 scallop
"Pecten (Lyropecten) bowersi" = Vertipecten bowersi Arnold 1906 scallop
"Pecten (Lyropecten) miguelensis" = Lyropecten miguelensis Arnold 1906 scallop
"Pecten (Lyropecten) miguelensis submiguelensis" = Lyropecten pretiosus Hertlein 1925 scallop | |
"Ostrea eldridgei" = Crenostrea eldridgei
"Ostrea eldridgei" = Crenostrea eldridgei Arnold 1907 oyster | |
Pteria hertleini Wiedey 1928 pearl oyster | |
"Phacoides (Lucinoma) acutilineatus" = Lucinoma acutilineata, "Phacoides (Lucinisca) nuttallii" = Lucinisca nuttalli
"Phacoides (Lucinoma) acutilineatus" = Lucinoma acutilineata Conrad 1849 clam
"Phacoides (Lucinisca) nuttallii" = Lucinisca nuttalli Conrad 1837 Nuttall's lucine COMMENTS: Mispelt P. (L.) nutallii
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"Cardium (Trachycardium) woodringi" = Dallocardia woodringi
"Cardium (Trachycardium) woodringi" = Dallocardia woodringi Loel and Corey 1932 cockle | |
Tagelus clarki Loel and Corey 1932 clam | |
Macoma nasuta Conrad 1837 bent-nose clam | |
"Mactra cf. sectoris" = Mactromeris sectoris
"Mactra cf. sectoris" = Mactromeris sectoris Anderson and Martin 1914 clam | |
Clementia (Egesta) pertenuis, "Chione aff. richthofeni" = Chione (Chionopsis) richthofeni
Clementia (Egesta) pertenuis Gabb 1864 venus clam
"Chione aff. richthofeni" = Chione (Chionopsis) richthofeni Hertlein and Jordan 1927 venus clam | |
Diplodonta cf. orbella Gould 1851 orb diplodon | |
Gymnolaemata | |
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Thecostraca | |
Balanus sp. Da Costa 1778 barnacle | |
Echinoidea | |
"Scutella norrisi" = Vaquerosella coreyi, "? Scutella vaquerosensis" = Vaquerosella vaquerosensis
"Scutella norrisi" = Vaquerosella coreyi Durham 1955 sand dollar
"? Scutella vaquerosensis" = Vaquerosella vaquerosensis Kew 1920 sand dollar |