Also known as UCLA loc. 343
Where: Los Angeles County, California (34.1° N, 118.5° W: paleocoordinates 38.3° N, 98.1° W)
When: Turritella infragranulata pachecoensis other zone, Santa Susana Formation, Selandian (61.6 - 59.2 Ma)
• Santa Susana Formation; SeĀlandian (Turritella infragranulata pachecoensis Zone).
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Bryson and Curry in 1933; reposited in the LACM
Primary reference: R. L. Squires. 1997. Taxonomy and Distribution of the Buccinid Gastropod Brachysphingus from Uppermost Cretaceous and Lower Cenozoic Marine Strata of the Pacific Slope of North America. Journal of Paleontology 71(5):847-861 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 218471: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 23.02.2021
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Brachysphingus gibbosus Nelson 1925 true whelk |