Where: Ventura County, California (34.5° N, 120.2° W: paleocoordinates 33.5° N, 114.0° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Vaqueros Formation, Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: coastal; green conglomerate
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by W. H. Corey, J. R. Dorrance, Wayne Loel, and Victor Barlow; 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 238173: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 14.01.2025
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
"Pecten (Lyropecten) magnolia" = Macrochlamis magnolia
"Pecten (Lyropecten) magnolia" = Macrochlamis magnolia Conrad 1857 scallop | |
"Ostrea eldridgei ynezana" = Pycnodonte (Pycnodonte) ynezana
"Ostrea eldridgei ynezana" = Pycnodonte (Pycnodonte) ynezana Loel and Corey 1932 oyster | |
"Ostrea vaquerosensis" = Crassostrea vaquerosensis
"Ostrea vaquerosensis" = Crassostrea vaquerosensis Loel and Corey 1932 oyster | |
"Modiolus ynezianus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) ynezianus
"Modiolus ynezianus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) ynezianus Arnold 1908 mussel | |
Gastropoda | |
"Rapana vaquerosensis" = Califrapana vaquerosensis
"Rapana vaquerosensis" = Califrapana vaquerosensis Arnold 1908 murex snail |