UCLA loc. 4122, Jalama Canyon (Cretaceous to of the United States)

Also known as LACMIP loc. 24122

Where: Santa Barbara County, California (34.5° N, 120.4° W: paleocoordinates 40.7° N, 92.0° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: V Member (Jalama Formation), Late/Upper Campanian to Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 66.0 Ma)

• Jalama Formation. Late Campanian-early Maastrichtian.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, gray, yellow sandstone and conglomerate

• "180-230' thick. Hard, light-gray to buff, bedded arkosic sandstone; lenses of pebble conglomerate near base."

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by D. Dailey in August, 1959; reposited in the LACM

Collection methods: surface (in situ), mechanical,

Primary reference: D. H. Dailey and W. P. Popenoe. 1966. Mollusca from the upper Cretaceous Jalama Formation, Santa Barbara County, California. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 65:1-41 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/A. Clement]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 1533: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Mike Sommers on 13.05.1999, edited by Jonathan Marcot

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Abundances: R (rare) 1-2 specs., U (uncommon) 3-10 specs., C (common) 11-25 specs., A (abundant) 26+ specs.
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Calva varians" = Calva (Calva) varians
"Calva varians" = Calva (Calva) varians Gabb 1864 venus clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
"Corbula pozo" = Panzacorbula pozo
"Corbula pozo" = Panzacorbula pozo Dailey and Popenoe 1966 clam
 Trigoniida - Steinmanellidae
"Trigonia hemphilli" = Popenoella hemphilli
"Trigonia hemphilli" = Popenoella hemphilli Anderson 1958 clam
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
"Glycymeris suciensis" = Glycymerita veatchii, "Glycymeris apletos" = Glycymerita veatchii
"Glycymeris suciensis" = Glycymerita veatchii Gabb 1864 clam
"Glycymeris apletos" = Glycymerita veatchii Gabb 1864 clam
 Arcida - Arcidae
Trinacria cor Popenoe 1937 clam
Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Biplica obliqua Gabb 1864 snail
 Cerithioidea - Potamididae
Bittiscala sp. Finlay and Marwick 1937 horn snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Euspira sp. Agassiz 1837 moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
"Lispodesthes rotundus" = Lispodesthes rotundatus
"Lispodesthes rotundus" = Lispodesthes rotundatus Waring 1917 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Capulidae
Lysis jalamaca Saul and Squires 2008 snail