LACMIP 41828 (Pliocene to of the United States)

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
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Thecostraca
 Balanomorpha - Balanidae
Balanidae indet. Leach 1817 barnacle
Malacostraca
 Decapoda -
Decapoda indet. Latreille 1802 decapod
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Tegulidae
Tegulidae indet. Kuroda et al. 1971 snail
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
Asperiscala cedrosensis Knight and Hertlein 1926 wentletrap
 Neogastropoda - Clathurellidae
Crockerella conradiana Gabb 1866 snail
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
 Neogastropoda - Strictispiridae
Strictispira zizyphus Berry 1940 snail
 Neogastropoda - Terebridae
 Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
Elaeocyma sp. Dall 1918 snail
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Mitrella tuberosa Carpenter 1864 snail
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Nassariidae indet. Iredale 1916 snail
Hima mendica Gould 1849 snail
"Caesia californianus" = Nassarius (Caesia) snail
 Neogastropoda - Siphonaliidae
Calicantharus fortis Carpenter 1866 snail
Calicantharus humerosus Gabb 1869 snail
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
Callianax baetica Carpenter 1864 olive snail
Callianax biplicata Sowerby 1825 olive snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Glossaulax reclusiana Deshayes 1839 moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Procerithiidae
Lirobittium sp. Bartsch 1911 snail
Lirobittium casmaliense Bartsch 1911 snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella cooperi Carpenter 1864 turret shell
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium neohexagonum Sharp and Pilsbry 1897 tusk shell
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara trilineata Conrad 1856 ark
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Dendostrea vespertina Conrad 1855 oyster
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Argopecten invalidus Hanna 1924 calico scallop
Chlamys hastata Sowerby 1842 scallop
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Amiantis callosa Conrad 1837 venus clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Here excavata Carpenter 1857 clam