Where: Ventura County, California (34.5° N, 120.3° W: paleocoordinates 33.5° N, 114.1° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Vaqueros Formation, Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)
• Main basal conglomerate.
Environment/lithology: coastal; 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 238176: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 14.01.2025
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Mammalia | |
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| Bivalvia | |
"Pecten (Lyropecten) perrini" = Vertipecten perrini, "Pecten (Lyropecten) bowersi" = Vertipecten bowersi, "Pecten (Lyropecten) magnolia" = Macrochlamis magnolia, "Pecten (Chlamys) sespeensis" = Chlamys sespeensis, "Pecten (Plagioctenium) andersoni subandersoni" = Pacipecten andersoni subandersoni
"Pecten (Lyropecten) perrini" = Vertipecten perrini Arnold 1906 scallop
"Pecten (Lyropecten) bowersi" = Vertipecten bowersi Arnold 1906 scallop
"Pecten (Lyropecten) magnolia" = Macrochlamis magnolia Conrad 1857 scallop
"Pecten (Chlamys) sespeensis" = Chlamys sespeensis Arnold 1906 scallop
"Pecten (Plagioctenium) andersoni subandersoni" = Pacipecten andersoni subandersoni Loel and Corey 1932 scallop | |
"Ostrea eldridgei ynezana n. ssp." = Pycnodonte (Pycnodonte) ynezana
"Ostrea eldridgei ynezana n. ssp." = Pycnodonte (Pycnodonte) ynezana Loel and Corey 1932 oyster | |
"Ostrea titan subtitan" = Striostrea subtitan
"Ostrea titan subtitan" = Striostrea subtitan Loel and Corey 1932 oyster | |
"Modiolus ynezianus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) ynezianus
"Modiolus ynezianus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) ynezianus Arnold 1908 mussel | |
"Cardium (Trachycardium) vaquerosensis" = Dallocardia vaquerosense
"Cardium (Trachycardium) vaquerosensis" = Dallocardia vaquerosense Arnold 1908 cockle | |
| Gastropoda | |
"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 | |
| Thecostraca | |
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Balanus sp. Da Costa 1778 barnacle | |