CSUN Loc. 984, Lockwood Valley: Lutetian, California

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Polychaeta - Sabellida - Serpulidae
Rotularia (Rotularia) tejonensis Arnold 1909
1 specimen
recombined as Rotularia (Rotularia) tejonense
Gastropoda - Ampullinidae
Pachycrommium clarki (Stewart 1927)
8 specimens
Eocernina hannibali (Dickerson 1914)
4 specimens
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Calyptraea diegoana (Conrad 1855)
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella buwaldana Dickerson 1916
1 specimen
? in locality information
Turritella andersoni Dickerson 1916
4 specimens
Turritella uvasana Conrad 1855
1 specimen
? in locality information; Turritella uvasana hendoni (s.l.)
Gastropoda - Cymatiidae
Olequahia domenginica (Vokes 1939)
1 specimen
original and current combination Ranella domenginica
Gastropoda - Cypraeidae
Cypraea sp. Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
    = Subepona leahae Groves and Squires 2023
Groves and Squires 2023
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Clavilithes tabulatus (Dickerson 1913)
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae
Cryptoconus cooperi (Dickerson 1916)
1 specimen
recombined as Turricula cooperi
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Ectinochilus macilentus (White 1889)
10 specimens
Gastropoda - Xenophoridae
Xenophora stocki Dickerson 1916
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Architectonica cognata Gabb 1864
1 specimen
recombined as Architectonica (Stellaxis) cognata
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Retusidae
Cylichnina tantilla (Anderson and Hanna 1925)
7 specimens
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 - 41.20000 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 primarily 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 (nannos and planktonic forams)collections, but all were barren.
Metadata
Also known as:LACMIP Loc. 16178
Database number:5542
Authorizer:A. Miller, J. Marcot Enterer:K. Layou, J. Marcot
Modifier:J. Marcot Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-10-12 07:38:31 Last modified:2023-11-19 19:15:22
Access level:the public Released:1999-10-12 07:38:31
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]

Secondary references:

86508 L. T. Groves and R. L. Squires. 2023. Revision of northeast Pacific Paleogene cypraeoidean gastropods (Mollusca), including recognition of three new species: Implications for paleobiogeographic distribution and faunal turnover. PaleoBios 40(10):1-52 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]