CSUN loc. 28, Blue Point Campground [Matilija Sandstone] (Eocene of the United States)

Also known as LACMIP loc. 40028

Where: California (34.5° N, 118.7° W: paleocoordinates 35.3° N, 104.7° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Matilija Formation, Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)

• AGE: revised to Lutetian and "Matilija Sandstone" following EPICC stratigraphic revision.

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. L. Squires. 1987. Eocene molluscan paleontology of the Whitaker Peak area, Los Angeles and Ventura counties, California. Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 388:1-93 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 205788: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 21.10.2019, edited by Jonathan Marcot

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Crassostrea tectonica n. sp. Squires 2018 oyster
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Ostrea stewarti" = Phygraea stewarti
"Ostrea stewarti" = Phygraea stewarti Hanna 1927 oyster