SDSNH Loc. 214, Fernando Pass: Pliocene, California
collected by Gale 1927

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea vespertina Conrad 1855
recombined as Dendostrea vespertina
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Pecten (Patinopecten) healeyi Arnold 1906
recombined as Patinopecten healeyi
Pecten (Aequipecten) deserti (Conrad 1855)
recombined as Argopecten deserti
SUBSPECIES: Pecten ( Aequipecten) deserti invalidus
Pecten (Aequipecten) purpuratus (Lamarck 1819)
recombined as Argopecten purpuratus
Multiple subspecies
Pecten (Lyropecten) estrellanus (Conrad 1856)
recombined as Nodipecten estrellanus
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Cardita ventricosa Gould 1850
recombined as Coanicardita ventricosa
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucina (Miltha) xantusi (Dall 1903)
recombined as Miltha xantusi
Lucina (Myrtea) acutilineata (Conrad 1849)
recombined as Lucinoma acutilineata
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina idae Dall 1891
recombined as Idatellina idae
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Amiantis callosa (Conrad 1837)
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Tegula (Chlorostoma) gallina (Forbes 1850)
recombined as Chlorostoma gallina
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella cooperi Carpenter 1864
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:California County:Los Angeles
Coordinates: 34.3° North, 118.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:34.1° North, 117.4° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Pliocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Pliocene
Age range of interval:5.33300 - 2.58000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Unknown lithostratigraphic unit. AGE: Middle 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 dates:1927
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: H.R. Gale, 1927. 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:96909
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2010-07-11 11:41:00 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:the public Released:2010-07-11 11:41:00
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]