UCMP loc. 1601, Elsmere Canyon (Pliocene of the United States)
Where: Los Angeles County, California (34.3° N, 118.5° W: paleocoordinates 34.1° N, 117.2° W)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Pico Formation, Early/Lower Pliocene (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; coarse-grained, quartzose sandstone
• The matrix is a coarse, almost pure quartz sandstone.
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by H. E. Vokes in 1929; reposited in the UCMP
Primary reference: H. E. Vokes. 1935. A New Species of Haliotis from the Pliocene of Southern California. Journal of Paleontology 9(3):251-252 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 208580: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 05.04.2020
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Taxonomic list
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| Gastropoda | |
Turris elsmerensis n. sp.
Turris elsmerensis n. sp. English 1914 turrid | |
"Gyrineum elsmerense n. sp." = Reticutriton elsmerensis
"Gyrineum elsmerense n. sp." = Reticutriton elsmerensis English 1914 triton shell | |
Haliotis elsmerensis n. sp.
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