Whitaker Peak (Eocene of the United States)

Where: California (34.6° N, 118.7° W: paleocoordinates 37.1° N, 101.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Juncal Formation, Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. L. Squires. 2013. West Coast North America record of the Paleogene marine stromboid gastropod Rimella and paleobiogeography of the genus. Journal of Paleontology 87(5):826-841 [M. Uhen/S. Alam/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 209638: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 07.05.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
"Rimella macilenta" = Ectinochilus (Macilentos) macilentus White 1889 true conch