Mouth of Brea Canyon, Puente Hills: Pliocene, California
collected by C. M. Carson
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Merulinidae
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Astrea breaensis n. sp.
Carson 1926
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Carson 1926 | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella cooperi
Carpenter 1864
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Cantharus breaensis n. sp.
Carson 1925
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Solenosteira angelensis n. sp.
Carson 1925
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Nassariidae
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Alectrion fossatus
(Gould 1849)
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recombined as Caesia fossatus | ||||||||||
Alectrion moranianus
(Martin 1914)
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recombined as Caesia moraniana | ||||||||||
Alectrion perpinguis
(Hinds 1844)
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recombined as Caesia perpinguis | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Fusinus barbarensis
(Trask 1855)
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recombined as Barbarofusus barbarensis | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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"Giant Conus" | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Ranellidae
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Argobuccinum pacificum
(Dall 1909)
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synonym of Fusitriton oregonensis | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Bursidae
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Bursa californica
(Hinds 1843)
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synonym of Crossata ventricosa | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Arca multicostata
Sowerby 1833
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recombined as Larkinia multicostata | ||||||||||
Arca trilineata
Conrad 1856
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recombined as Anadara trilineata | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Pecten (Pecten) auburyi n. sp.
Arnold 1906
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Arnold 1906 | |||||||||
synonym of Euvola bella | ||||||||||
Pecten ashleyi
Arnold 1906
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synonym of Lyropecten cerrosensis | ||||||||||
Pecten (Lyropecten) ashleyi
Arnold 1906
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Arnold 1906 | |||||||||
synonym of Lyropecten cerrosensis | ||||||||||
Pecten etchegoini
Anderson 1905
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recombined as Swiftopecten parmeleei etchegoini | ||||||||||
Pecten (Chlamys) wattsi
Arnold 1906
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Arnold 1906 | |||||||||
recombined as Pecten (Swiftopecten) etchegoini wattsi | ||||||||||
Pecten hastatus
Sowerby 1842
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recombined as Chlamys hastata | ||||||||||
Pecten (Pseudamusium) pedroanus
(Trask 1856)
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Arnold 1906 | |||||||||
nomen dubium belonging to Delectopecten | ||||||||||
Pecten oweni
(Arnold 1906)
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replaced by Patinopecten lohri | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea veatchii
Gabb 1866
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recombined as Lopha (Lopha) veatchii | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Thraciida
- Thraciidae
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Thracia trapezoides
Conrad 1849
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recombined as Thracia (Homoeodesma) trapezoides | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Cardium quadrigenarium
(Conrad 1837)
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recombined as Dallocardia quadragenarium | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | California | County: | Los Angeles |
Coordinates: | 33.9° North, 117.9° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 33.7° North, 116.6° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
Key time interval: | Pliocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 5.33300 - 2.58800 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Pico | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Listed by Carson as "Fernando Formation," but Keen (1944) says Pico Formation. Likely has been updated since then. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Environment: | marginal marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Collectors: | C. M. Carson |
Metadata
Database number: | 204364 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Marcot, M. Uhen | Enterer: | J. Marcot, M. Uhen |
Modifier: | J. Marcot | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2019-09-06 11:22:00 | Last modified: | 2022-06-04 13:01:19 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2019-09-06 11:22:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
70060. | 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] |
Secondary references:
71229 | R. Arnold. 1906. Tertiary and Quaternary pectens of California. USGS Professional Paper 47:1-264 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
75137 | C. M. Carson. 1926. New molluscan species from the Californian Pliocene. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Science 25(2):49-62 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot] |