CSUN Loc. 978 [Juncal Fm]: Lutetian, California

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris sagittata (Gabb 1864)
1 specimen
recombined as Glycymerita sagittata
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Glyptoactis domenginica (Vokes 1939)
2 specimens
recombined as Glyptoactis (Claibornicardia) domenginica
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Callista vokesi
1 specimen
Callista hornii vokesi
Pitar joaquinensis Vokes 1939
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Retusidae
Cylichnina tantilla (Anderson and Hanna 1925)
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Ampullinidae
Eocernina hannibali (Dickerson 1914)
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus caleocius Vokes 1939
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella buwaldana Dickerson 1916
1 specimen
Turritella andersoni Dickerson 1916
1 specimen
? in locality information
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 northen 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 sandstone 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 (nannons and planktonic forams) collection, but all were barren.
Metadata
Also known as:LACMIP Loc. 16150
Database number:5531
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:K. Layou
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-10-11 08:55:10 Last modified:2016-02-29 00:39:30
Access level:the public Released:1999-10-11 08:55:10
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]