Where: Ventura County, California (34.3° N, 119.0° W: paleocoordinates 33.4° N, 112.8° W)
When: Vaqueros Formation, Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified sandstone
•end of South Mountain, southwest of Santa Paula, Ventura County, in a soft
•sandstone near the base of the Vaqueros formation ... Vaqueros horizon, Lower Miocene.
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by W. H. Corey; reposited in the UCMP
Primary reference: W. Loel and W. H. Corey. 1932. The Vaqueros Formation, Lower Miocene of California (Part 1). University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 22(3):31-410 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 203554: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 19.08.2019, edited by Jonathan Marcot
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
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Mammalia | |
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Echinoidea | |
Scutaster vaquerosensis n. sp.
Scutaster vaquerosensis n. sp. Loel and Corey 1932 sand dollar | |
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Gastropoda | |
Turritella inezana Conrad 1857 turret shell | |
"Rapana vaquerosensis" = Califrapana vaquerosensis
"Rapana vaquerosensis" = Califrapana vaquerosensis Arnold 1908 murex snail aslo as ssp. Rapana vaquerosensis imperialis
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Solenosteira venturana n. sp.
Solenosteira venturana n. sp. Loel and Corey 1932 true whelk | |
"Polinices recluzianus" = Glossaulax reclusiana
"Polinices recluzianus" = Glossaulax reclusiana Deshayes 1839 moon snail as ssp. Polinices recluzianus andersoni
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Bivalvia | |
"Crassatellites granti" = Hybolophus granti
"Crassatellites granti" = Hybolophus granti Wiedey 1928 clam | |
"Phacoides (Miltha) sanctaecrucis" = Miltha (Miltha) sanctaecrucis, "Phacoides (Lucinoma) acutilineatus" = Lucinoma acutilineata
"Phacoides (Miltha) sanctaecrucis" = Miltha (Miltha) sanctaecrucis Arnold 1909 clam misspelled as "Phacoides (Miltha) sanctacrucis"
"Phacoides (Lucinoma) acutilineatus" = Lucinoma acutilineata Conrad 1849 clam | |
"Panope cf. generosa" = Panopea generosa
"Panope cf. generosa" = Panopea generosa Gould 1850 clam | |
"Solen gravidus" = Solena (Plectosolen) gravidus
"Solen gravidus" = Solena (Plectosolen) gravidus Clark 1918 clam type locality of ssp. Solen gravidus baileyi
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"Dosinia (Dosinidia) mathewsonii" = Dosinia (Dosinia) whitneyi, Dosinia (Dosinidia) margaritana, Dosinia (Dosinella) merriami, Tivela (Pachydesma) inezana, Clementia (Egesta) pertenuis
"Dosinia (Dosinidia) mathewsonii" = Dosinia (Dosinia) whitneyi Gabb 1866 venus clam misspelled as "Dosinia (Dosinidia) mathewsoni"
Dosinia (Dosinidia) margaritana Wiedey 1928 venus clam as spp. Dosinia (Dosinidia) margaritana projecta
Dosinia (Dosinella) merriami Clark 1915 venus clam
Tivela (Pachydesma) inezana Conrad 1856 venus clam | |
"Cardium (Trachycardium) vaquerosensis" = Dallocardia vaquerosense
"Cardium (Trachycardium) vaquerosensis" = Dallocardia vaquerosense Arnold 1908 cockle | |
Macoma nasuta Conrad 1837 tellin clam | |
"Mytilus expansus" = Crenomytilus expansus
"Mytilus expansus" = Crenomytilus expansus Arnold 1907 mussel | |
Pinna stocktoni Loel and Corey 1932 oyster | |
Pteria hertleini Wiedey 1928 pearl oyster | |
"Ostrea eldridgei" = Crenostrea eldridgei
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"Ostrea vespertina" = Dendostrea vespertina, "Ostrea titan" = Crassostrea titan
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Anomia vaquerosensis Loel and Corey 1932 jingle | |
"Pecten (Plagioctenium) andersoni" = Pacipecten andersoni, "Pecten (Chlamys) sespeensis" = Chlamys sespeensis, "Pecten (Lyropecten) magnolia" = Macrochlamis magnolia, "Pecten (Lyropecten) bowersi" = Vertipecten bowersi
"Pecten (Plagioctenium) andersoni" = Pacipecten andersoni Arnold 1906 scallop as ssp. Pecten (Plagioctenium) andersoni subandersoni
"Pecten (Chlamys) sespeensis" = Chlamys sespeensis Arnold 1906 scallop
"Pecten (Lyropecten) magnolia" = Macrochlamis magnolia Conrad 1857 scallop
"Pecten (Lyropecten) bowersi" = Vertipecten bowersi Arnold 1906 scallop | |
Thecostraca | |
Balanus sp. Da Costa 1778 barnacle |