LACMIP loc. 10709, Bell Canyon (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as CIT loc. 1157; UCLA loc. 6020; LACMIP loc. 26020

Where: Ventura County, California (34.2° N, 118.7° W: paleocoordinates 40.0° N, 88.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Chatsworth Formation, Middle Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by W.P. Popenoe in 18, 1935.; reposited in the LACM

Primary reference: W. P. Popenoe. 1942. Upper Cretaceous formations and faunas of southern California. Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists 26(2):162-187 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 219078: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 16.03.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
"Cucullaea youngi" = Cucullaea (Idonearca) youngi
"Cucullaea youngi" = Cucullaea (Idonearca) youngi Waring 1917 clam
questionable occurrence
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
"Parallelodon brewerianus" = Nanonavis breweriana
"Parallelodon brewerianus" = Nanonavis breweriana Gabb 1864 clam
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
"Glycymeris veatchii" = Glycymerita veatchii
"Glycymeris veatchii" = Glycymerita veatchii Gabb 1864 clam
 Trigoniida - Megatrigonioidae
"Trigonia cf. evansana" = Pterotrigonia evansana
"Trigonia cf. evansana" = Pterotrigonia evansana Meek 1864 clam
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Cymbophora ashburnerii Gabb 1864 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Calva (Calva) campanae2 Saul and Popenoe 1992 venus clam
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella ossa Popenoe 1937 turret shell
Turritella chicoensis Gabb 1864 turret shell
as Turritella chicoensis perrini
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
"Euspira shumardiana" = Polinices shumardianus
"Euspira shumardiana" = Polinices shumardianus Gabb 1864 moon snail
 Neogastropoda - Perissityidae
Perissitys brevirostris Gabb 1864 snail
 Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
"Oligoptycha obliqua" = Biplica obliqua
"Oligoptycha obliqua" = Biplica obliqua Gabb 1864 snail