Elsmere Canyon near the forks (Pliocene of the United States)

Where: Ventura County, California (34.4° N, 118.5° W: paleocoordinates 34.1° N, 117.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Pico Formation, Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

• Carson reported "Fernando Formation," but Keen (1944) says Pico.

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by R. B. Moran

Primary reference: C. M. Carson. 1925. Some new species from the Pliocene of Southern California with a few changes in nomenclature. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 24(2):31-35 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 204368: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 06.09.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Cancellaria hamlini n. sp. Carson 1926 snail
Cancellaria perrini Carson 1926 snail
Cancellaria newhallensis n. sp. Carson 1926 snail
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Cantharus arnoldi Rivers 1904 true whelk
Cantharus elsmerensis Carson 1925 true whelk