UCMP 7015. Santa Susana (Paleocene of the United States)

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
 Sorbeoconcha - Rostellariidae
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