LACMIP loc. 7223, Upper Sespe Creek (Eocene of the United States)

Also known as CIT loc. 1679

Where: Ventura County, California (34.5° N, 119.2° W: paleocoordinates 34.8° N, 106.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Cozy Dell Formation, Middle Eocene (47.8 - 37.7 Ma)

• "Tejon Stage"

Environment/lithology: slope; shale

• upper slope

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. L. Squires. 1994. Macropaleontology of Eocene marine rocks, upper Sespe Creek area, Ventura County, southern California. SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology) Pacific Section 74:39-56 [M. Uhen/B. Shipps/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 202048: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 19.06.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Ophiuroidea
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Ophiuroidea indet. Gray 1840 brittle star
Asteroidea
 Neoasteroidea -
Henricia ? venturana Durham and Roberts 1948 sea star
 Paxillosida - Astropectinidae
Astropecten matilijaensis Durham and Roberts 1948 sea star