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
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Gastropoda | |
Polinices hornii Gabb 1864 moon snail
Amauropsis martinezensis Dickerson 1914 moon snail | |
Retipirula crassitesta Gabb 1869 volute | |
Pseudoperissolax tricarnatus Weaver 1905 murex snail | |
Chrysodomus burroensis Nelson 1925 true whelk
Brachysphingus gibbosus Nelson 1925 true whelk | |
Fusinus (Levifusus) calabasasensis Nelson 1925 snail | |
Metacerithium packardi Nelson 1925 snail | |
"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 | |
Hercoglossa merriami Dickerson 1914 | |
Bivalvia | |
"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 | |
"Callocardia sinedepressa n. sp." = Pitar sinedepressa
"Callocardia sinedepressa n. sp." = Pitar sinedepressa Nelson 1925 venus clam | |
"Crassatellites branneri" = Crassatella branneri
"Crassatellites branneri" = Crassatella branneri Waring 1914 clam | |
Cucullaea mathewsonii Gabb 1864 clam | |
"Leda cf. gabbi" = Nuculana (Saccella) gabbii
"Leda cf. gabbi" = Nuculana (Saccella) gabbii Conrad 1866 pointed nut clam | |
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium cf. cooperi Gabb 1864 tusk shell |