CSUN Loc. 976 [Juncal Fm]: Lutetian, California
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella andersoni
Dickerson 1916
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1 specimen | ||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Glycymeris sagittata
(Gabb 1864)
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1 specimen | ||||||
recombined as Glycymerita sagittata | |||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Pitar joaquinensis
Vokes 1939
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1 specimen | ||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | California | County: | Ventura |
Coordinates: | 34.8° North, 119.2° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 35.5° North, 105.1° West | ||||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
Stage: | Lutetian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 |
*Period: | Tertiary | *Local age/stage: | Capay |
Key time interval: | Lutetian | ||
Age range of interval: | 47.80000 - 41.30000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Juncal |
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | lag poorly lithified argillaceous siltstone |
Secondary lithology: | poorly lithified sandstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: the juncal formation in northern lockwood valley is 605 m thick and consists predominantly of muddy siltstone with minor amounts of sandstone and scattered lenses with fossils. lenses are fine to coarse sandstones representing storm lag deposits. | |
Environment: | transition zone/lower shoreface |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | bulk,field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Museum repositories: | LACM |
Collection method comments: Samples were taken for microfossil (nannos and planktonic forams) collections, but all were barren. |
Metadata
Database number: | 5529 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Miller | Enterer: | K. Layou |
Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 1999-10-11 08:52:59 | Last modified: | 2016-02-29 00:38:45 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1999-10-11 08:52:59 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
329. | R. L. Squires. 1988. Eocene Macropaleontology of Northern Lockwood Valley, Ventura County, California. Contributions in Science (Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County) 398:1-23 [A. Miller/K. Layou] |