Where: Ventura County, California (34.4° N, 119.8° W: paleocoordinates 33.4° N, 113.6° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Vaqueros Formation, Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)
• Low in formation.
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 (Part 1). University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 22(3):31-410 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 237917: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 19.12.2024
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
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Gnathostomata | |
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Echinoidea | |
"Scutella fairbanksi" = Kewia fairbanksi
"Scutella fairbanksi" = Kewia fairbanksi Arnold 1907 sand dollar | |
Malacostraca | |
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Thecostraca | |
Balanus sp. Da Costa 1778 barnacle | |
Bivalvia | |
Spondylus perrini, "Pecten (Chlamys) sespeensis" = Chlamys sespeensis, Pecten (Pecten) vanvlecki, "Pecten (Plagioctenium) andersoni subandersoni" = Pacipecten andersoni subandersoni
Spondylus perrini Wiedey 1928 scallop
"Pecten (Chlamys) sespeensis" = Chlamys sespeensis Arnold 1906 scallop
Pecten (Pecten) vanvlecki Arnold 1908 scallop
"Pecten (Plagioctenium) andersoni subandersoni" = Pacipecten andersoni subandersoni Loel and Corey 1932 scallop | |
Anomia vaquerosensis Loel and Corey 1932 jingle | |
"Ostrea eldridgei" = Crenostrea eldridgei, "Ostrea eldridgei ynezana" = Pycnodonte (Pycnodonte) ynezana
"Ostrea eldridgei" = Crenostrea eldridgei Arnold 1907 oyster
"Ostrea eldridgei ynezana" = Pycnodonte (Pycnodonte) ynezana Loel and Corey 1932 oyster | |
Pinna (Pinna) stocktoni Loel and Corey 1932 oyster | |
"Arca (Barbatia) sp." = Barbatia, "Arca (Anadara) santaclarana" = Scapharca (Cunearca) santaclarana
"Arca (Barbatia) sp." = Barbatia Gray 1842 clam
"Arca (Anadara) santaclarana" = Scapharca (Cunearca) santaclarana Loel and Corey 1932 ark | |
"Mytilus expansus" = Crenomytilus expansus, "Modiolus ynezianus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) ynezianus
"Mytilus expansus" = Crenomytilus expansus Arnold 1907 mussel
"Modiolus ynezianus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) ynezianus Arnold 1908 mussel | |
"Crassatellites granti" = Hybolophus granti
"Crassatellites granti" = Hybolophus granti Wiedey 1928 clam | |
"Phacoides (Lucinoma) acutilineatus" = Lucinoma acutilineata, "Phacoides (Miltha) sanctaecrucis" = Miltha (Miltha) sanctaecrucis, Lucina wattsi
"Phacoides (Lucinoma) acutilineatus" = Lucinoma acutilineata Conrad 1849 clam
"Phacoides (Miltha) sanctaecrucis" = Miltha (Miltha) sanctaecrucis Arnold 1909 clam | |
Saxidomus vaquerosensis, "Clementia (Egesta) pertenuis conradiana" = Clementia conradiana, Antigona vaquerosensis, Dosinia (Dosinella) merriami
Saxidomus vaquerosensis Arnold 1909 venus clam
"Clementia (Egesta) pertenuis conradiana" = Clementia conradiana Anderson 1905 venus clam
Antigona vaquerosensis Loel and Corey 1932 venus clam
Dosinia (Dosinella) merriami Clark 1915 venus clam | |
Diplodonta cf. orbella, "Diplodonta harfordi" = Felaniella (Felaniella) harfordi
Diplodonta cf. orbella Gould 1851 clam
"Diplodonta harfordi" = Felaniella (Felaniella) harfordi Anderson 1905 clam | |
"Sanguinolaria cf. toulai" = Nuttallia toulai
"Sanguinolaria cf. toulai" = Nuttallia toulai Hertlein and Jordan 1927 clam | |
"Metis cf. alta" = Leporimetis obesa, "Metis aff. alta" = Leporimetis obesa, "Macoma arctata" = Macoma (Psammacoma) arctata, Macoma nasuta, "Macoma sespeensis" = Macoma (Rexithaerus) sespeensis
"Metis cf. alta" = Leporimetis obesa Deshayes 1855 tellin clam
"Metis aff. alta" = Leporimetis obesa Deshayes 1855 tellin clam
"Macoma arctata" = Macoma (Psammacoma) arctata Conrad 1849 tellin clam
Macoma nasuta Conrad 1837 tellin clam
"Macoma sespeensis" = Macoma (Rexithaerus) sespeensis Loel and Corey 1932 tellin clam | |
"Cardium (Trachycardium) woodringi" = Dallocardia woodringi, "Cardium (Trachycardium) vaquerosensis" = Dallocardia vaquerosense
"Cardium (Trachycardium) woodringi" = Dallocardia woodringi Loel and Corey 1932 cockle
"Cardium (Trachycardium) vaquerosensis" = Dallocardia vaquerosense Arnold 1908 cockle | |
Zirfaea sp. Gray 1842 clam | |
"Panope cf. generosa" = Panopea generosa
"Panope cf. generosa" = Panopea generosa Gould 1850 clam | |
"Solen gravidus baileyi" = Solena (Plectosolen) gravidus baileyi
"Solen gravidus baileyi" = Solena (Plectosolen) gravidus baileyi Loel and Corey 1932 clam | |
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell | |
Gastropoda | |
Calyptraea costellata Conrad 1857 slipper shell
Calyptraea filosa Gabb 1866 slipper shell | |
Turritella inezana Conrad 1857 turret shell
Turritella inezana sespeensis Arnold 1907 turret shell | |
"Polinices (Neverita) recluzianus andersoni" = Natica (Neverita) recluziana andersoni
"Polinices (Neverita) recluzianus andersoni" = Natica (Neverita) recluziana andersoni Clark 1918 moon snail | |
"Ficus (Ficus) cf. modestus" = Ficus modesta
"Ficus (Ficus) cf. modestus" = Ficus modesta Conrad 1848 fig shell | |
"Rapana vaquerosensis" = Califrapana vaquerosensis, "Rapana vaquerosensis imperialis" = Califrapana vaquerosensis
"Rapana vaquerosensis" = Califrapana vaquerosensis Arnold 1908 murex snail
"Rapana vaquerosensis imperialis" = Califrapana vaquerosensis Arnold 1908 murex snail | |
"Bruclarkia barkerianum santacruzanum" = Bruclarkia barkeriana
"Bruclarkia barkerianum santacruzanum" = Bruclarkia barkeriana Cooper 1894 snail | |
Solenosteira venturana Loel and Corey 1932 true whelk |