U.C.L.A. Loc. L-2055, Elsmere Canyon [Towsley Fm]: Early/Lower Pliocene, California
collected by Kern
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda
- Trochidae
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Calliostoma aff. gemmulatum
Carpenter 1864
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1 specimen | ||||||
Gastropoda
- Neotaenioglossa
- Calyptraeidae
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Calyptraea filosa
(Gabb 1866)
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3 specimens | ||||||
Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella cooperi
Carpenter 1864
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30 specimens | ||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Nassariidae
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Nassarius inquus
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5 specimens | ||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Drilliidae
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Clathrodrillia coalingensis
(Arnold 1909)
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1 specimen | ||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Terebridae
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Terebra martini
English 1914
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3 specimens | ||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turridae
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Megasurcula carpenteriana
(Gabb 1866)
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3 specimens | ||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Cancellariidae
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Cancellaria fernandoensis
Arnold 1907
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Hendy et al. 2008 | 1 specimen | |||||
recombined as Euclia fernandoensis | |||||||
Cancellaria planospira
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1 specimen | ||||||
Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Neverita reclusiana
(Deshayes 1839)
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29 specimens | ||||||
recombined as Glossaulax reclusiana | |||||||
Gastropoda
- Procerithiidae
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Bittium cf. rugatum
Carpenter 1866
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1 specimen | ||||||
recombined as Lirobittium rugatum | |||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Anadara trilineata
(Conrad 1856)
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13 specimens | ||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Patinopecten lohri
(Hertlein 1927)
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4 specimens | ||||||
Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Teredinidae
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Bankia cf. setacea
(Tryon 1863)
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1 specimen | ||||||
Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Myidae
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Cryptomya californica
(Conrad 1837)
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3 specimens | ||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Chione (Anomalocardia) fernandoensis
(English 1914)
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124 specimens | ||||||
recombined as Chione (Securella) securis fernandoensis | |||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Tellina idae
Dall 1891
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9 specimens | ||||||
recombined as Idatellina idae | |||||||
Macoma indentata
Carpenter 1864
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16 specimens | ||||||
recombined as Macoma (Rexithaerus) indentata | |||||||
Bivalvia
- Solenida
- Solenidae
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Solen sicarius
Gould 1850
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2 specimens | ||||||
Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Acila castrensis
(Hinds 1843)
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97 specimens | ||||||
recombined as Acila (Truncacila) castrensis | |||||||
Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Nuculana taphria
(Dall 1896)
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39 specimens | ||||||
recombined as Saccella taphria | |||||||
Bryozoa
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Bryozoa indet.
(Ehrenberg 1831)
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1 specimen | ||||||
Echinoidea
- Clypeasteroida
- Echinarachniidae
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Astrodapsis fernandoensis
Pack 1909
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unclassified
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Vertebrata indet.
Lamarck 1801
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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
Formation: | Towsley | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Towsley Fm, which unconformably overlies Eocene strata, and is overlain by the Pico Fm (Pliocene). AGE: Early Pliocene, on the basis of macrofossil biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within formation. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | poorly lithified silty,calcareous sandstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Calcareous silty sandstone. LITHIFICATION: Variably lithified. | |
Environment: | coastal indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Spatial orientation: | preferred |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | bulk,surface (in situ),field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Collectors: | Kern |
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: J.P. Kern, c. 1970's. REPOSITORY: UCLA, California. | |
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for molluscs. NOMENCLATURE: An authoritative publication, with somewhat antiquated nomenclature, but with species-resolution identifications. |
Metadata
Database number: | 97208 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2010-07-19 19:39:00 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-07-19 19:39:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
33152. | J. P. Kern. 1973. Early Pliocene marine climate and environment of the eastern Ventura Basin, Southern California. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 96:1-117 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |
Secondary references:
19909 | A. J. W. Hendy, D. P. Buick, K. V. Bulinski, C. A. Ferguson, and A. I. Miller. 2008. Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |