CIT loc. 439, east of Dry Canyon, Santa Susana Mountains (Pliocene of the United States)

Where: Ventura County, California (34.3° N, 118.7° W: paleocoordinates 34.1° N, 117.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; bioturbated lithology not reported

• sandstone.

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by J. Reilly; reposited in the CIT, LACM

Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),

Primary reference: W. P. Woodring. 1930. Pliocene deposits north of Simi Valley, California. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 19(6):57-64 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 237386: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 07.12.2024

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
""Pecten" cerrosensis" = Lyropecten cerrosensis
""Pecten" cerrosensis" = Lyropecten cerrosensis Gabb 1866 scallop