UCMP loc. A250, Oak Ridge (Miocene of the United States)

Where: Ventura County, California (34.4° N, 118.8° W: paleocoordinates 33.4° N, 112.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Vaqueros Formation, Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by W. H. Oorey, F. R. Stockton, a.nd D. D. Oorey; reposited in the UCMP

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 237915: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 19.12.2024

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
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Mammalia indet.
Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758 mammal
"Pinniped and Cetacean bones in quantities"
Echinoidea
 Clypeasteroida - Echinarachniidae
"Scutella fairbanksi" = Kewia fairbanksi
"Scutella fairbanksi" = Kewia fairbanksi Arnold 1907 sand dollar
Thecostraca
 Balanomorpha - Balanidae
Balanus sp.
Balanus sp. Da Costa 1778 barnacle
Malacostraca
 Decapoda -
Decapoda indet.
Decapoda indet. Latreille 1802 decapod
"crab parts"
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Pecten (Lyropecten) magnolia" = Macrochlamis magnolia, "Pecten (Chlamys) sespeensis" = Chlamys sespeensis, Pecten (Pecten) vanvlecki
"Pecten (Lyropecten) magnolia" = Macrochlamis magnolia Conrad 1857 scallop
"Pecten (Chlamys) sespeensis" = Chlamys sespeensis Arnold 1906 scallop
Pecten (Pecten) vanvlecki Arnold 1908 scallop
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia vaquerosensis
Anomia vaquerosensis Loel and Corey 1932 jingle
 Arcida - Arcidae
"Arca (Anadara) santaclarana" = Scapharca (Cunearca) santaclarana
"Arca (Anadara) santaclarana" = Scapharca (Cunearca) santaclarana Loel and Corey 1932 ark
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
"Mytilus expansus" = Crenomytilus expansus
"Mytilus expansus" = Crenomytilus expansus Arnold 1907 mussel
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Macoma nasuta, "Macoma sespeensis" = Macoma (Rexithaerus) sespeensis, "Macoma arctata" = Macoma (Psammacoma) arctata
Macoma nasuta Conrad 1837 tellin clam
"Macoma sespeensis" = Macoma (Rexithaerus) sespeensis Loel and Corey 1932 tellin clam
"Macoma arctata" = Macoma (Psammacoma) arctata Conrad 1849 tellin clam
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella inezana, Turritella inezana sespeensis
Turritella inezana Conrad 1857 turret shell
Turritella inezana sespeensis Arnold 1907 turret shell