UCMP B7820 (Miocene of the United States)

Where: Ventura County, California (34.4° N, 118.8° W: paleocoordinates 34.0° N, 116.3° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)

• "probably near middle of Santa Margarita equivalent"

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the UCMP

Primary reference: V. A. Zullo and J. W. Durham. 1962. The Echinoid Genus Megapetalus Clark. Journal of Paleontology 36(3):524-528 [E. Clites/E. Clites]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 194096: authorized by Erica Clites, entered by Erica Clites on 13.06.2018

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Taxonomic list

Echinoidea
 Spatangoida - Asterostomatidae
Megapetalus lovenioides Clark 1929 heart urchin