Also known as UCLA 7015
Where: Ventura County, California (34.3° N, 118.7° W: paleocoordinates 38.0° N, 99.2° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Santa Susana Formation, Thanetian (59.2 - 56.0 Ma)
• Originally given as Llajas Formation, which is Ypresian, but Squires (1980) corrects this.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the UCMP
Primary reference: B. L. Clark. 1942. New Middle Eocene Gastropods from California. Journal of Paleontology 16(1):116-119 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 177668: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 07.04.2016
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Tibia (Eotibia) llajasensis n. sp., "Chedvillia stewarti n. sp." = Chedevillia stewarti
Tibia (Eotibia) llajasensis n. sp. Clark 1942 snail
"Chedvillia stewarti n. sp." = Chedevillia stewarti Clark 1942 snail |