CSUN Loc. 499 - Devil Canyon, Santa Susana Mountains: Ypresian - Lutetian, California

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium (Laevidentalium) calafium Vokes 1939
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Retusidae
Cylichnina tantilla (Anderson and Hanna 1925)
Gastropoda - Ampullinidae
Eocernina hannibali (Dickerson 1914)
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Ectinochilus (Macilentos) macilentus (White 1889)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Lyria andersoni Waring 1917
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella buwaldana Dickerson 1916
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:California County:Los Angeles
Coordinates: 34.3° North, 118.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:36.2° North, 102.9° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Altitude:1850 feet
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 2
Key time interval:Ypresian - Lutetian
Age range of interval:56.00000 - 41.20000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Llajas
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:bioturbation sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: sandstone.
Environment:offshore
Glacial or sequence phase:transgressive
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:all microfossils,some macrofossils
Collection methods:bulk,field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Museum repositories:LACM
Metadata
Database number:205251
Authorizer:J. Marcot Enterer:J. Marcot
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2019-10-09 23:44:37 Last modified:2019-10-09 23:44:37
Access level:the public Released:2019-10-09 23:44:37
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
59877. R. L. Squires. 1984. Megapaleontology of the Eocene Llajas Formation, Simi Valley, California. Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 350:1-76 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]