Also known as AB170511, Chiquella Lane
Where: Santa Barbara County, California (34.4° N, 118.6° W: paleocoordinates 34.2° N, 117.6° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Pico Formation, Piacenzian to Piacenzian (3.6 - 1.8 Ma)
Environment/lithology: deltaic; poorly lithified, concretionary sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite, shellbed
Collected by Alexandra J. Buczek, Austin J. Hendy in 2017; reposited in the LACM
Collection methods: bulk,
Primary reference: A. Buczek, A. Hendy, M. Hopkins and J. Sessa. 2020. On the reconciliation of biostratigraphy and strontium isotope stratigraphy of three southern Californian Plio-Pleistocene formations. Geological Society America Bulletin 133(1-2):100-114 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/J. Marcot]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 214255: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Alexandra Buczek on 21.09.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Thecostraca | |
Balanidae indet. Leach 1817 barnacle | |
Malacostraca | |
Decapoda indet. Latreille 1802 decapod | |
Gastropoda | |
Tegulidae indet. Kuroda et al. 1971 snail | |
Asperiscala cedrosensis Knight and Hertlein 1926 wentletrap | |
Crockerella conradiana Gabb 1866 snail | |
Ophiodermella halcyonis turrid | |
Strictispira zizyphus Berry 1940 snail | |
Strioterebrum martini auger snail | |
Elaeocyma sp. Dall 1918 snail | |
Mitrella tuberosa Carpenter 1864 snail | |
Nassariidae indet. Iredale 1916 snail
Hima mendica Gould 1849 snail
"Caesia californianus" = Nassarius (Caesia) snail | |
Calicantharus fortis Carpenter 1866 snail
Calicantharus humerosus Gabb 1869 snail | |
Cancellaria hemphilli Dall 1909 snail
Euclia fergussoni snail | |
Callianax baetica Carpenter 1864 olive snail
Callianax biplicata Sowerby 1825 olive snail | |
Glossaulax reclusiana Deshayes 1839 moon snail | |
Lirobittium sp. Bartsch 1911 snail
Lirobittium casmaliense Bartsch 1911 snail | |
Turritella cooperi Carpenter 1864 turret shell | |
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium neohexagonum Sharp and Pilsbry 1897 tusk shell | |
Bivalvia | |
Anadara trilineata Conrad 1856 ark | |
Dendostrea vespertina Conrad 1855 oyster | |
Argopecten invalidus Hanna 1924 calico scallop
Chlamys hastata Sowerby 1842 scallop | |
Amiantis callosa Conrad 1837 venus clam | |
Here excavata Carpenter 1857 clam |