Where: Ventura County, California (34.1° N, 118.7° W: paleocoordinates 33.1° N, 112.5° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Vaqueros Formation, Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)
• Pelecypoda bed.
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified, yellow sandstone
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 237913: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 19.12.2024
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Gastropoda | |
"Rapana vaquerosensis" = Califrapana vaquerosensis
"Rapana vaquerosensis" = Califrapana vaquerosensis Arnold 1908 murex snail | |
| Bivalvia | |
"Phacoides (Miltha) sanctaecrucis" = Miltha (Miltha) sanctaecrucis
"Phacoides (Miltha) sanctaecrucis" = Miltha (Miltha) sanctaecrucis Arnold 1909 clam questionable occurrence
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Amiantis sp. Carpenter 1863 venus clam | |
"Spisula aff. hemphilli" = Mactromeris hemphillii
"Spisula aff. hemphilli" = Mactromeris hemphillii Dall 1894 clam | |
"Pecten (Lyropecten) bowersi" = Vertipecten bowersi, "Pecten (Chlamys) sespeensis" = Chlamys sespeensis
"Pecten (Lyropecten) bowersi" = Vertipecten bowersi Arnold 1906 scallop | |
"Ostrea eldridgei" = Crenostrea eldridgei
"Ostrea eldridgei" = Crenostrea eldridgei Arnold 1907 oyster | |
| Echinoidea | |
"Scutella vaquerosensis" = Vaquerosella vaquerosensis
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