CSUN Loc. 469d (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Ventura County, California (34.3° N, 118.7° W: paleocoordinates 35.0° N, 104.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Llajas Formation, Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; sandstone

• Interfingering coastal alluvial-fan facies and shallow-marine (transgressive) facies

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Reposited in the LACM

• Collected by R.L. Squires, (1978)

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 201201: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 02.05.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Seraphsidae
Paraseraphs erraticus
Paraseraphs erraticus Cooper 1894 snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella andersoni
Turritella andersoni Dickerson 1916 turret shell