LSJU loc. 437, Wiley Canyon: Early/Lower Miocene, California
collected by J. S. M cKenna and L. Wm. Wiedey
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Spondylidae
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Spondylus inezana n. sp.
Wiedey 1928
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Spondylus perrini n. sp.
Wiedey 1928
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | California | County: | Ventura |
| Coordinates: | 34.3° North, 118.8° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 33.4° North, 112.6° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 23.03000 - 15.98000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Vaqueros |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified sandstone |
| Environment: | coastal 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: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Museum repositories: | CAS |
| Collectors: | J. S. M cKenna and L. Wm. Wiedey |
Metadata
| Database number: | 220076 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Marcot | Enterer: | J. Marcot | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2021-05-03 15:34:17 | Last modified: | 2021-05-03 15:34:17 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2021-05-03 15:34:17 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 55879. | L. W. Wiedey. 1928. Notes on the Vaqueros and Temblor formations of the California Miocene with descriptions of new species. Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History 5(10):95-182 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |