Where: Los Angeles County, California (34.1° N, 118.5° W: paleocoordinates 28.3° N, 62.2° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Santa Monica Slate Formation, Oxfordian to Oxfordian (163.5 - 152.1 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; slate
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collected by C.E. Corbata, Barry Raleigh, N.J. Silberling, and J.E. Schoellhamer ; reposited in the USNM
Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),
Primary reference: R. W. Imlay. 1963. Jurassic Fossils from Southern California. Journal of Paleontology 37(1):97-107 [S. Holland/P. Monarrez]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 163031: authorized by Steven Holland, entered by Pedro Monarrez on 09.10.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Buchia cf. concentrica White 1888 scallop |