Where: Ventura County, California (34.3° N, 118.7° W: paleocoordinates 33.4° N, 107.7° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Llajas Formation, Late/Upper Eocene (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)
• Originally described as "Tejon," but now mapped as Llajas (Yerkes and Campbell 1995)
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Reposited in the CAS
• Leland Stanford Junior University Paleontology Collections, eventually transferred to the California Academy of Sciences
Primary reference: C. A. Waring. 1917. Stratigraphic and faunal relations of the Martinez to the Chico and Tejon of Southern California. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 7(4):41-124 [L. Villier/L. Villier]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 193039: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 04.05.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium stramineum Gabb 1864 tusk shell | |
Gastropoda | |
"Natica hannibali" = Eocernina hannibali
"Natica hannibali" = Eocernina hannibali Dickerson 1914 snail | |
Turritella pachecoensis, Turritella andersoni, Turritella uvasana, "Turritella martinezensis" = Mesalia martinezensis
Turritella pachecoensis Stanton 1896 turret shell
Turritella andersoni Dickerson 1916 turret shell
Turritella uvasana Conrad 1855 turret shell
"Turritella martinezensis" = Mesalia martinezensis Gabb 1869 turret shell | |
Sinum obliquum Gabb 1864 moon snail
Polynices hornii Gabb 1864 moon snail
"Amauropsis alveata" = Amaurellina moragai Stewart 1927 moon snail | |
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Bursa washingtoniana Weaver 1912 frog shell | |
"Galeodea (Morio) tuberculata" = Galeodea tuberculiformis
"Galeodea (Morio) tuberculata" = Galeodea tuberculiformis Gabb 1864 snail | |
Lyria andersoni n. sp.
Lyria andersoni n. sp. Waring 1917 volute | |
"? Surcula sp." = Turricula
"? Surcula sp." = Turricula Schumacher 1817 snail | |
Conus remondii Gabb 1864 cone shell | |
"Tornatina erratica" = Paraseraphs erraticus
"Tornatina erratica" = Paraseraphs erraticus Cooper 1894 snail | |
"Rimella canalifera" = Ectinochilus (Cowlitzia) canalifer
"Rimella canalifera" = Ectinochilus (Cowlitzia) canalifer Gabb 1864 true conch | |
"Stellaxis cognata" = Architectonica (Stellaxis) cognata
"Stellaxis cognata" = Architectonica (Stellaxis) cognata Gabb 1864 sundial | |
Tornatina evoluta n. sp.
Tornatina evoluta n. sp. Waring 1917 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
"Corbula dilatata n. sp." = Caryocorbula complicata
"Corbula dilatata n. sp." = Caryocorbula complicata Hanna 1924 clam | |
"Isocardia tejonensis" = Nitidavenus tejonensis
"Isocardia tejonensis" = Nitidavenus tejonensis Waring 1914 venus clam Listed as n. sp. but already published in Waring 1914 from locality 193040
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"Cardita superioris n. sp." = Cardita (Cardita) superioris, "Venericardia planicosta" = Venericor planicosta
"Cardita superioris n. sp." = Cardita (Cardita) superioris Waring 1917 clam | |
Septifer elegans Waring 1917 mussel | |
"Pinna lewisi" = Pinna (Pinna) lewisi
"Pinna lewisi" = Pinna (Pinna) lewisi Waring 1914 oyster | |
"Glycimeris maccrayi n. sp." = Glycymerita major
"Glycimeris maccrayi n. sp." = Glycymerita major Stanton 1896 clam |