UCMP loc. A546, Santa Monica Mountains (Miocene of the United States)

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

• In a hard, slabby sandstone above the massive conglomerates.

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
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Macoma nasuta Conrad 1837 tellin clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
"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
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Ostrea eldridgei" = Crenostrea eldridgei
"Ostrea eldridgei" = Crenostrea eldridgei Arnold 1907 oyster
questionable occurrence
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Pecten (Lyropecten) bowersi" = Vertipecten bowersi
"Pecten (Lyropecten) bowersi" = Vertipecten bowersi Arnold 1906 scallop
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
"Polinices (Neverita) recluzianus andersoni" = Natica (Neverita) recluziana andersoni
"Polinices (Neverita) recluzianus andersoni" = Natica (Neverita) recluziana andersoni Clark 1918 moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae
"Ficus (Trophosycon) ocoyanus" = Trophosycon ocoyanum
"Ficus (Trophosycon) ocoyanus" = Trophosycon ocoyanum Conrad 1855 fig shell
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella inezana santana Loel and Corey 1932 turret shell
Turritella inezana altacorona Loel and Corey 1932 turret shell
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Calyptraea costellata Conrad 1857 slipper shell