UCLA loc. 3396, Cheviot Hills (Pleistocene of the United States)

Also known as LACMIP loc. 23396

Where: Los Angeles County, California (34.0° N, 118.4° W: paleocoordinates 34.0° N, 118.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Medill Formation, Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• "Medill sand"

Environment/lithology: coastal; brown, gray sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Peter Rodda and J. W. Valentine in May, 1954; reposited in the LACM

Collection methods: bulk, salvage,

Primary reference: P. U. Rodda. 1957. Paleontology and stratigraphy of some marine Pleistocene deposits in northwest Los Angeles Basin, California. Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists 41(11):2475-2492 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 22632: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 27.03.2001, edited by Jonathan Marcot

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
"Macoma secta" = Rexithaerus secta, Macoma nasuta, "Tellina meropsis" = Tampaella meropsis
"Macoma secta" = Rexithaerus secta Conrad 1837 tellin clam
Macoma nasuta Conrad 1837 tellin clam
"Tellina meropsis" = Tampaella meropsis Dall 1900 tellin clam
 Cardiida - Solecurtidae
"Tagelus californianus" = Tagelus (Tagelus) californianus
"Tagelus californianus" = Tagelus (Tagelus) californianus Conrad 1837 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
"Trachycardium quadragenarium" = Dallocardia quadragenarium
"Trachycardium quadragenarium" = Dallocardia quadragenarium Conrad 1837 cockle
misspelled as "Trachycardium quadregenarium"
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Chione undatella, "Chione fluctifraga" = Chionista fluctifraga
Chione undatella Sowerby I 1835 venus clam
as ssp. "Chione undatella simillima"
"Chione fluctifraga" = Chionista fluctifraga Sowerby 1853 venus clam
 Pholadida - Myidae
Cryptomya californica Conrad 1837 softshell clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
"Lucina nuttalli" = Lucinisca nuttalli
"Lucina nuttalli" = Lucinisca nuttalli Conrad 1837 clam
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea lurida Carpenter 1864 oyster
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Leptopecten latiauratus Conrad 1837 scallop
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Alabina tenuisculpta Carpenter 1864 cerith snail
 Opisthobranchia - Bullidae
Bulla gouldiana Pilsbry 1895 snail
 Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Acteocina culcitella Gould 1853 barrel-bubble