Where: Los Angeles County, California (34.3° N, 118.5° W: paleocoordinates 34.1° N, 117.2° W)
When: Pico Formation, Early/Lower Pliocene (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)
• Said to be near and from same bed as UCMP A4457 [collection 194094], which is 0 to 25 feet above base of Pico Formation
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the UCMP
Primary reference: J. W. Durham. 1949. Dendraster elsmerensis Durham, n. sp. . American Journal of Science 247(1):49-62 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 194095: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 13.06.2018, edited by Jonathan Marcot
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Echinoidea | |
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Dendraster elsmerensis Durham 1949 sand dollar | |
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Astrodapsis fernandoensis Pack 1909 sand dollar | |
| Bivalvia | |
"Chione fernandoensis" = Chione (Securella) securis fernandoensis
"Chione fernandoensis" = Chione (Securella) securis fernandoensis English 1914 venus clam | |
| Gastropoda | |
"Cancellaria tritonidea" = Euclia tritonidea, "Cancellaria elsmerensis n. sp." = Progabbia elsmerensis
"Cancellaria elsmerensis n. sp." = Progabbia elsmerensis English 1914 snail | |
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Turris elsmerensis English 1914 turrid
Turris fernandoensis n. sp. English 1914 turrid | |