Where: California (33.8° N, 118.3° W: paleocoordinates 33.8° N, 118.3° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Lomita Marl Formation, Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)
• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From the Lomita Marl, which is locally overlain by the Timms Point Silt and San Pedro Sand. AGE: Early Pleistocene in Woodring et al. (1946) and Valentine PhD, but is now regarded as Middle Pleistocene [A. Hendy]. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From lower beds of the Lomita Marl.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; unlithified, sandy, calcareous marl
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite
Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ)
• COLLECTOR: Unknown collector or date, but presumably c. 1920s. REPOSITORY: Unknown, but possibly CAS.
Primary reference: G. D. Hanna. 1923. Results of Preliminary Examination of Seven Samples of Sediments from near Lomita. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 22(2):64-68 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 203105: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 26.07.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Scaphopoda | |
"Dentalium pretiosum" = Antalis pretiosa
"Dentalium pretiosum" = Antalis pretiosa Nuttall in Sowerby 1860 tusk shell | |
Gastropoda | |
"Neverita reclusiana" = Glossaulax reclusiana, "Euspira lewisi" = Euspira lewisii
"Neverita reclusiana" = Glossaulax reclusiana Deshayes 1839 moon snail
"Euspira lewisi" = Euspira lewisii Gould 1847 moon snail | |
"Fusinus" sp. Rafinesque 1815 snail | |
"Buccinum" sp., "Kelletia kelleti" = Kelletia kelletii
"Buccinum" sp. Linnaeus 1758 true whelk
"Kelletia kelleti" = Kelletia kelletii Forbes 1852 true whelk | |
Calicantharus fortis Carpenter 1866 snail | |
""Lora" tabulata" = Propebela tabulata
""Lora" tabulata" = Propebela tabulata Carpenter 1864 cone shell | |
"Taranis strongi" = Decollidrillia strongi
"Taranis strongi" = Decollidrillia strongi Arnold 1903 turrid | |
Fusitriton oregonensis Redfield 1846 triton shell | |
"Antiplanes perversa" = Antiplanes catalinae
"Antiplanes perversa" = Antiplanes catalinae Raymond 1904 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Chlamys rubida, "Chlamys hastatus" = Chlamys hastata, "Pecten diegensis" = Leopecten diegensis, "Pecten bellus" = Euvola bella
"Chlamys hastatus" = Chlamys hastata Sowerby 1842 scallop
"Pecten diegensis" = Leopecten diegensis Dall 1898 scallop
"Pecten bellus" = Euvola bella Conrad 1856 scallop | |
"Pododesmus macrochisma" = Pododesmus (Monia) macrochisma
"Pododesmus macrochisma" = Pododesmus (Monia) macrochisma Deshayes 1839 scallop | |
"Glycymeris subobsoleta" = Glycymeris septentrionalis
"Glycymeris subobsoleta" = Glycymeris septentrionalis Middendorf 1849 clam | |
"Nemocardium centifilosum" = Nemocardium (Keenaea) centifilosum
"Nemocardium centifilosum" = Nemocardium (Keenaea) centifilosum Carpenter 1864 cockle | |
"Antigona fordi" = Globivenus fordii
"Antigona fordi" = Globivenus fordii Yates 1890 venus clam | |
"Lucinoma annulata" = Lucinoma annulatum
"Lucinoma annulata" = Lucinoma annulatum Reeve 1850 clam | |
"Eucrassatella fluctuata" = Hybolophus fluctuatus
"Eucrassatella fluctuata" = Hybolophus fluctuatus Carpenter 1864 clam | |
Cyclocardia sp. Conrad 1867 clam |