SDSNH Loc. 206, Elsmere Canyon: Early/Lower Pliocene, California
collected by Gale
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella cooperi
Carpenter 1864
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Polinices (Neverita) reclusianus
(Deshayes 1839)
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| recombined as Glossaulax reclusiana | ||||||||||
| SUBSPECIES: Polinices (Neverita) reclusianus callosus | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Nucula (Acila) castrensis
(Hinds 1843)
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| recombined as Acila (Truncacila) castrensis | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Venus (Chione) securis
(Shumard 1858)
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| recombined as Securella securis | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Lucina (Myrtea) acutilineata
(Conrad 1849)
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| recombined as Lucinoma acutilineata | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Pecten (Patinopecten) healeyi
Arnold 1906
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| recombined as Patinopecten healeyi | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | California | County: | Los Angeles |
| Coordinates: | 34.4° North, 118.5° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 34.1° North, 117.2° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| Stage: | Zanclean | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Pliocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 5.33300 - 3.60000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Unknown lithostratigraphic unit. AGE: Early Pliocene, according to text. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within local section. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "siliciclastic" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Presumably siliciclastic. LITHIFICATION: Unknown. | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collectors: | Gale |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: H.R. Gale. REPOSITORY: San Diego Museum of Natural History. | |
| Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for molluscs. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, but with antiquated nomenclature (revised through other sources), but with species-resolution identifications. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 96902 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-07-11 11:24:47 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-07-11 11:24:47 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 33050. | U. S. Grant, IV and H. R. Gale. 1931. Catalogue of the Marine Pliocene and Pleistocene Mollusca of California. Memoirs of the San Diego Society of Natural History 1:1-1036 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/J. Marcot] |