LACMIP 41824 (Pliocene to of the United States)

Also known as AB170629, Chiquella Lane

Where: Santa Barbara County, California (34.4° N, 118.6° W: paleocoordinates 34.1° N, 117.3° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Pico Formation, Zanclean to Zanclean (5.3 - 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 214258: 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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Chondrichthyes
 Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Myliobatis sp. Cuvier 1816 eagle ray
Echinoidea
 Clypeasteroida - Dendrasteridae
Dendraster ashleyi Arnold 1907 sand dollar
Malacostraca
 Decapoda -
Decapoda indet. Latreille 1802 decapod
Gastropoda
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
Asperiscala cedrosensis Knight and Hertlein 1926 wentletrap
 Neogastropoda - Clathurellidae
Crockerella conradiana Gabb 1866 snail
 Neogastropoda - Strictispiridae
Strictispira zizyphus Berry 1940 snail
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
"Caesia californianus" = Nassarius (Caesia)
"Caesia californianus" = Nassarius (Caesia) snail
 Neogastropoda - Siphonaliidae
Calicantharus fortis Carpenter 1866 snail
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Nucella sp. murex snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Glossaulax reclusiana Deshayes 1839 moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Procerithiidae
Lirobittium casmaliense Bartsch 1911 snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella cooperi Carpenter 1864 turret shell
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crepidula princeps Conrad 1855 slipper shell
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara trilineata Conrad 1856 ark
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Dendostrea vespertina Conrad 1855 oyster
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Argopecten invalidus Hanna 1924 calico scallop
Leopecten stearnsii Dall 1878 scallop
 Solenida - Solenidae
Solen sicarius Gould 1850 clam
 Cardiida - Psammobiidae
"Gari fucata" = Gari (Gobraeus) fucata
"Gari fucata" = Gari (Gobraeus) fucata Hinds 1845 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Amiantis callosa Conrad 1837 venus clam