UCMP loc. A316, Santa Rosa Hills, Santa Ynez Mountains (Miocene of the United States)

Where: Ventura County, California (34.6° N, 120.3° W: paleocoordinates 33.6° N, 114.1° 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. 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 238175: 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
questionable occurrence
Thecostraca
 Balanomorpha - Balanidae
Balanus sp.
Balanus sp. Da Costa 1778 barnacle
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella inezana
Turritella inezana Conrad 1857 turret shell
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus sp.
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Ostrea eldridgei ynezana" = Pycnodonte (Pycnodonte) ynezana
"Ostrea eldridgei ynezana" = Pycnodonte (Pycnodonte) ynezana Loel and Corey 1932 oyster
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia vaquerosensis
Anomia vaquerosensis Loel and Corey 1932 jingle
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Pecten (Pecten) hawleyi" = Flabellipecten hawleyi, "Pecten (Plagioctenium) andersoni subandersoni" = Pacipecten andersoni subandersoni, Pecten (Pecten) vanvlecki, "Pecten (Lyropecten) magnolia" = Macrochlamis magnolia, "Pecten (Chlamys) hertleini" = Chlamys hertleini, "Pecten (Chlamys) sespeensis" = Chlamys sespeensis
"Pecten (Pecten) hawleyi" = Flabellipecten hawleyi Hertlein 1925 scallop
"Pecten (Plagioctenium) andersoni subandersoni" = Pacipecten andersoni subandersoni Loel and Corey 1932 scallop
Pecten (Pecten) vanvlecki Arnold 1908 scallop
"Pecten (Lyropecten) magnolia" = Macrochlamis magnolia Conrad 1857 scallop
"Pecten (Chlamys) hertleini" = Chlamys hertleini Loel and Corey 1932 scallop
"Pecten (Chlamys) sespeensis" = Chlamys sespeensis Arnold 1906 scallop
 Arcida - Arcidae
"Arca (Anadara) santaclarana" = Scapharca (Cunearca) santaclarana
"Arca (Anadara) santaclarana" = Scapharca (Cunearca) santaclarana Loel and Corey 1932 ark
 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
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
"Phacoides (Miltha) sanctaecrucis" = Miltha (Miltha) sanctaecrucis
"Phacoides (Miltha) sanctaecrucis" = Miltha (Miltha) sanctaecrucis Arnold 1909 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Dosinia (Dosinidia) margaritana projecta
Dosinia (Dosinidia) margaritana projecta Loel and Corey 1932 venus clam