LACMIP loc. 10571, Upper Sespe Creek (Eocene of the United States)
Where: Ventura County, California (34.6° 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 202049: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 19.06.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| unclassified | |
| Asteroidea | |
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Astropecten matilijaensis Durham and Roberts 1948 sea star | |
| Ophiuroidea | |
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Ophiuroidea indet. Gray 1840 brittle star | |
| Bivalvia | |
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Delectopecten sp. Stewart 1930 scallop | |
| Malacostraca | |
"Glyphithyreus weaveri" = Orbitoplax weaveri
"Glyphithyreus weaveri" = Orbitoplax weaveri Rathbun 1926 crab | |