UCMP loc. A315, Jalama Road, Santa Ynez Mountains (Miocene of the United States)

Where: Ventura County, California (34.5° N, 120.4° W: paleocoordinates 33.5° N, 114.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

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

Environment/lithology: coastal; green conglomerate

• basal 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 238174: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 14.01.2025

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 vaquerosensis" = Vaquerosella vaquerosensis
"Scutella vaquerosensis" = Vaquerosella vaquerosensis Kew 1920 sand dollar
Thecostraca
 Balanomorpha - Balanidae
Balanus sp.
Balanus sp. Da Costa 1778 barnacle
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella inezana, Turritella inezana altacorona
Turritella inezana Conrad 1857 turret shell
Turritella inezana altacorona Loel and Corey 1932 turret shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Xenophoridae
Xenophora hawleyi
Xenophora hawleyi Loel and Corey 1932 carrier shell
questionable occurrence
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
"Conus oweniana ynezianus" = Conus (Chelyconus) owenianus ynezanus
"Conus oweniana ynezianus" = Conus (Chelyconus) owenianus ynezanus Loel and Corey 1932 cone shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
"Polinices (Neverita) recluzianus andersoni" = Natica (Neverita) recluziana andersoni
"Polinices (Neverita) recluzianus andersoni" = Natica (Neverita) recluziana andersoni Clark 1918 moon snail
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Ostrea eldridgei ynezana" = Pycnodonte (Pycnodonte) ynezana
"Ostrea eldridgei ynezana" = Pycnodonte (Pycnodonte) ynezana Loel and Corey 1932 oyster
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
"Ostrea vaquerosensis" = Crassostrea vaquerosensis
"Ostrea vaquerosensis" = Crassostrea vaquerosensis Loel and Corey 1932 oyster
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia vaquerosensis
Anomia vaquerosensis Loel and Corey 1932 jingle
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Pecten (Lyropecten) perrini" = Vertipecten perrini, "Pecten (Lyropecten) magnolia" = Macrochlamis magnolia
"Pecten (Lyropecten) perrini" = Vertipecten perrini Arnold 1906 scallop
"Pecten (Lyropecten) magnolia" = Macrochlamis magnolia Conrad 1857 scallop
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris sp.
Glycymeris sp. Da Costa 1778 clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
"Modiolus ynezianus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) ynezianus, "Mytilus expansus" = Crenomytilus expansus
"Modiolus ynezianus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) ynezianus Arnold 1908 mussel
"Mytilus expansus" = Crenomytilus expansus Arnold 1907 mussel
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
"Crassatellites granti" = Hybolophus granti
"Crassatellites granti" = Hybolophus granti Wiedey 1928 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
"Cardium (Trachycardium) vaquerosensis" = Dallocardia vaquerosense
"Cardium (Trachycardium) vaquerosensis" = Dallocardia vaquerosense Arnold 1908 cockle
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Venus virginiana, Dosinia (Dosinidia) margaritana projecta, "Chione temblorensis subtemblorensis" = Chione (Chionopsis) temblorensis, Tivela (Pachydesma) inezana
Venus virginiana Loel and Corey 1932 venus clam
questionable occurrence
Dosinia (Dosinidia) margaritana projecta Loel and Corey 1932 venus clam
"Chione temblorensis subtemblorensis" = Chione (Chionopsis) temblorensis Anderson 1905 venus clam
Tivela (Pachydesma) inezana Conrad 1856 venus clam
questionable occurrence