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 | |
"Macoma secta" = Rexithaerus secta Conrad 1837 tellin clam
Macoma nasuta Conrad 1837 tellin clam
"Tellina meropsis" = Tampaella meropsis Dall 1900 tellin clam | |
"Tagelus californianus" = Tagelus (Tagelus) californianus
"Tagelus californianus" = Tagelus (Tagelus) californianus Conrad 1837 clam | |
"Trachycardium quadragenarium" = Dallocardia quadragenarium
"Trachycardium quadragenarium" = Dallocardia quadragenarium Conrad 1837 cockle misspelled as "Trachycardium quadregenarium"
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Chione undatella, "Chione fluctifraga" = Chionista fluctifraga
"Chione fluctifraga" = Chionista fluctifraga Sowerby 1853 venus clam | |
Cryptomya californica Conrad 1837 softshell clam | |
"Lucina nuttalli" = Lucinisca nuttalli
"Lucina nuttalli" = Lucinisca nuttalli Conrad 1837 clam | |
Ostrea lurida Carpenter 1864 oyster | |
Leptopecten latiauratus Conrad 1837 scallop | |
Gastropoda | |
Alabina tenuisculpta Carpenter 1864 cerith snail | |
Bulla gouldiana Pilsbry 1895 snail | |
Acteocina culcitella Gould 1853 barrel-bubble |