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
Astrea breaensis n. sp. Carson 1926
Carson 1926
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella cooperi Carpenter 1864
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Cantharus breaensis n. sp. Carson 1925
Solenosteira angelensis n. sp. Carson 1925
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Alectrion fossatus (Gould 1849)
recombined as Caesia fossatus
Alectrion moranianus (Martin 1914)
recombined as Caesia moraniana
Alectrion perpinguis (Hinds 1844)
recombined as Caesia perpinguis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Fusinus barbarensis (Trask 1855)
recombined as Barbarofusus barbarensis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758
"Giant Conus"
Gastropoda - Ranellidae
Argobuccinum pacificum (Dall 1909)
synonym of Fusitriton oregonensis
Gastropoda - Bursidae
Bursa californica (Hinds 1843)
synonym of Crossata ventricosa
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Arca multicostata Sowerby 1833
recombined as Larkinia multicostata
Arca trilineata Conrad 1856
recombined as Anadara trilineata
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Pecten (Pecten) auburyi n. sp. Arnold 1906
Arnold 1906
synonym of Euvola bella
Pecten ashleyi Arnold 1906
synonym of Lyropecten cerrosensis
Pecten (Lyropecten) ashleyi Arnold 1906
Arnold 1906
synonym of Lyropecten cerrosensis
Pecten etchegoini Anderson 1905
recombined as Swiftopecten parmeleei etchegoini
Pecten (Chlamys) wattsi Arnold 1906
Arnold 1906
recombined as Pecten (Swiftopecten) etchegoini wattsi
Pecten hastatus Sowerby 1842
recombined as Chlamys hastata
Pecten (Pseudamusium) pedroanus (Trask 1856)
Arnold 1906
nomen dubium belonging to Delectopecten
Pecten oweni (Arnold 1906)
replaced by Patinopecten lohri
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea veatchii Gabb 1866
recombined as Lopha (Lopha) veatchii
Bivalvia - Thraciida - Thraciidae
Thracia trapezoides Conrad 1849
recombined as Thracia (Homoeodesma) trapezoides
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium quadrigenarium (Conrad 1837)
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]