UCMP loc. 3763, Simi Hills, Calabasas (Paleocene of the United States)

Where: Ventura County, California (34.2° N, 118.7° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 41.9° N, 89.7° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Thanetian (59.2 - 56.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Dickerson; reposited in the UCMP

Primary reference: R. N. Nelson. 1925. A contribution to the paleontology of the Martinez Eocene of California. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 15(11):397-466 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 166042: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Kristina Okamoto on 03.02.2015, edited by Jonathan Marcot

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Polinices hornii Gabb 1864 moon snail
Amauropsis martinezensis Dickerson 1914 moon snail
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Retipirula crassitesta Gabb 1869 volute
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Pseudoperissolax tricarnatus Weaver 1905 murex snail
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Chrysodomus burroensis Nelson 1925 true whelk
Brachysphingus gibbosus Nelson 1925 true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
 Cerithioidea - Metacerithiidae
Metacerithium packardi Nelson 1925 snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
"Turritella pachecoensis" = Turritella infragranulata pachecoensis, "Turritella martinezensis" = Mesalia martinezensis
"Turritella pachecoensis" = Turritella infragranulata pachecoensis Stanton 1896 turret shell
"Turritella martinezensis" = Mesalia martinezensis Gabb 1869 turret shell
Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Hercoglossidae
Hercoglossa merriami Dickerson 1914
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
"Tellina ? undulifera" = Tellina (Saulella) undulifera, "Tellina simiensis" = Tellina (Angulus) simiensis
"Tellina ? undulifera" = Tellina (Saulella) undulifera Gabb 1869 tellin clam
"Tellina simiensis" = Tellina (Angulus) simiensis Nelson 1925 tellin clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Callocardia sinedepressa n. sp." = Pitar sinedepressa
"Callocardia sinedepressa n. sp." = Pitar sinedepressa Nelson 1925 venus clam
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
"Crassatellites branneri" = Crassatella branneri
"Crassatellites branneri" = Crassatella branneri Waring 1914 clam
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea mathewsonii Gabb 1864 clam
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
"Leda cf. gabbi" = Nuculana (Saccella) gabbii
"Leda cf. gabbi" = Nuculana (Saccella) gabbii Conrad 1866 pointed nut clam
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium cf. cooperi Gabb 1864 tusk shell