Where: Ventura County, California (34.1° N, 119.7° W: paleocoordinates 33.1° N, 113.4° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Vaqueros Formation, Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified sandstone and massive conglomerate
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by W. H. Corey; reposited in the UCMP
Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),
Primary reference: W. Loel and W. H. Corey. 1932. The Vaqueros Formation, Lower Miocene of California. I. Paleontology. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 22(3):31-410 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/J. Marcot]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 237901: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 19.12.2024
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Macoma nasuta Conrad 1837 tellin clam | |
"Phacoides (Callucina) cf. californicus" = Epilucina californica, "Phacoides (Lucinoma) acutilineatus" = Lucinoma acutilineata
"Phacoides (Callucina) cf. californicus" = Epilucina californica Conrad 1837 clam
"Phacoides (Lucinoma) acutilineatus" = Lucinoma acutilineata Conrad 1849 clam | |
"Ostrea eldridgei" = Crenostrea eldridgei
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"Pecten (Lyropecten) bowersi" = Vertipecten bowersi
"Pecten (Lyropecten) bowersi" = Vertipecten bowersi Arnold 1906 scallop | |
Gastropoda | |
"Polinices (Neverita) recluzianus andersoni" = Natica (Neverita) recluziana andersoni
"Polinices (Neverita) recluzianus andersoni" = Natica (Neverita) recluziana andersoni Clark 1918 moon snail | |
"Ficus (Trophosycon) ocoyanus" = Trophosycon ocoyanum
"Ficus (Trophosycon) ocoyanus" = Trophosycon ocoyanum Conrad 1855 fig shell | |
Turritella inezana santana Loel and Corey 1932 turret shell
Turritella inezana altacorona Loel and Corey 1932 turret shell | |
Calyptraea costellata Conrad 1857 slipper shell |