Chiton Bed, Point Fermin [Quaternary terrace] (Pleistocene of the United States)
Where: Los Angeles County, California (33.7° N, 118.3° W)
When: Quaternary terrace Formation, Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• Chiton bed
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by E.P. Chace & E.M. Chace in 1919
Primary reference: S. S. Berry. 1922. Fossil chitons of Western North America. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 11(18):399-526 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 207041: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 16.12.2019
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Taxonomic list
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| Polyplacophora | |
"Ischnochiton (Lepidozona) cooperi" = Lepidozona cooperi, "Ischnochiton (Stenoplax) magdalenensis" = Stenoplax magdalenensis, Cyanoplax hartwegii, Tonicella lineata, "Cyanoplax fackenthallae" = Lepidochitona lowei
"Ischnochiton (Lepidozona) cooperi" = Lepidozona cooperi Carpenter 1879 chiton
"Ischnochiton (Stenoplax) magdalenensis" = Stenoplax magdalenensis Hinds 1845 magdalena chiton
Cyanoplax hartwegii Carpenter 1855 chiton
Tonicella lineata Wood 1815 lined red chiton
"Cyanoplax fackenthallae" = Lepidochitona lowei Pilsbry 1918 chiton | |
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Cryptochiton stelleri Middendorf 1847 chiton | |
Callistochiton decoratus ferminicus n. ssp., Callistochiton decoratus puctocostatus, Callistochiton crassicostatus
Callistochiton decoratus ferminicus n. ssp. Berry 1922 chiton
Callistochiton decoratus puctocostatus Pilsbry 1896 chiton
Callistochiton crassicostatus Pilsbry 1893 chiton | |
"Chaetopleura (Pallochiton) gemma" = Chaetopleura gemma
"Chaetopleura (Pallochiton) gemma" = Chaetopleura gemma Carpenter 1879 chiton | |
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Placiphorella velata Carpenter 1879 chiton
Mopalia muscosa Gould 1846 chiton
Mopalia ciliata Sowerby 1840 chiton
Mopalia lignosa Gould 1846 chiton | |