SBCM 1.103.77 (Miocene of the United States)

Also known as Cajon

Where: San Bernardino County, California (34.3° N, 117.5° W: paleocoordinates 33.2° N, 110.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Vaqueros Formation, Aquitanian (23.0 - 20.4 Ma)

• Arikareean NALMA, Vaqueros invertebrate stage

Environment/lithology: marine; conglomerate

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: L. G. Barnes and R. E. Reynolds. 2009. A new species of early Miocene allodelphinid dolphin (Cetacea, Odontoceti, Platanistoidea) from Cajon Pass, Southern California, U.S.A. Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin 65:483-507 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 100260: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 04.12.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Allodelphinidae
Allodelphis woodburnei n. sp. Barnes and Reynolds 2009 toothed whale
Echinoidea
 Clypeasteroida - Echinarachniidae
"Scutella fairbanksi" = Kewia fairbanksi
"Scutella fairbanksi" = Kewia fairbanksi Arnold 1907 sand dollar
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella inezana Conrad 1857 turret shell
Bivalvia
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
"Crassatella granti" = Hybolophus granti
"Crassatella granti" = Hybolophus granti Wiedey 1928 clam
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Pecten sespeensis" = Chlamys sespeensis
"Pecten sespeensis" = Chlamys sespeensis Arnold 1906 scallop