Where: Ventura County, California (34.3° N, 118.7° W: paleocoordinates 36.1° N, 103.0° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Llajas Formation, Ypresian to Ypresian (56.0 - 41.3 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the LACM
Collection methods: bulk,
• Repository: formerly CSUN (California State University Northridge)
Primary reference: R. L. Squires. 1984. Megapaleontology of the Eocene Llajas Formation, Simi Valley, California. Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 350:1-76 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 200849: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 22.04.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Megistostoma gabbianum Stoliczka 1868 snail | |
Calyptraea diegoana Conrad 1855 slipper shell | |
Phalium (Semicassis) tuberculiformis Gabb 1864 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
"Macoma rosa" = Macoma (Rexithaerus) rosa
"Macoma rosa" = Macoma (Rexithaerus) rosa Hanna 1927 tellin clam |