CSUN Loc. 976 [Juncal Fm]: Lutetian, California

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella andersoni Dickerson 1916
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris sagittata (Gabb 1864)
1 specimen
recombined as Glycymerita sagittata
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Pitar joaquinensis Vokes 1939
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]