UCMP loc. A320, Santa Ynez River (Miocene of the United States)
Where: Ventura County, California (34.6° N, 120.2° W: paleocoordinates 33.6° N, 113.9° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Vaqueros Formation, Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)
• All zones present.
Environment/lithology: coastal; mixed carbonate-siliciclastic sediments
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 238179: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 14.01.2025
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Echinoidea | |
"Scutella vaquerosensis" = Vaquerosella vaquerosensis, "Scutella fairbanksi" = Kewia fairbanksi
"Scutella vaquerosensis" = Vaquerosella vaquerosensis Kew 1920 sand dollar | |
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Schizaster sp. Agassiz 1835 heart urchin | |
| Thecostraca | |
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Balanus sp. Da Costa 1778 barnacle | |
| Gastropoda | |
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Turritella inezana Conrad 1857 turret shell | |
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Xenophora hawleyi Loel and Corey 1932 carrier shell | |
Purpura topangensis, "Rapana vaquerosensis" = Califrapana vaquerosensis
Purpura topangensis Arnold 1907 murex snail
"Rapana vaquerosensis" = Califrapana vaquerosensis Arnold 1908 murex snail | |
"Cancellaria dalliana" = Cancellaria (Euclia) dalliana
"Cancellaria dalliana" = Cancellaria (Euclia) dalliana Anderson 1905 snail | |
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Crepidula cf. praerupta Conrad 1849 slipper shell | |
| Bivalvia | |
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Pinna (Pinna) stocktoni Loel and Corey 1932 oyster | |
"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 | |
"Ostrea vaquerosensis" = Crassostrea vaquerosensis, "Ostrea titan subtitan" = Striostrea subtitan
"Ostrea vaquerosensis" = Crassostrea vaquerosensis Loel and Corey 1932 oyster
"Ostrea titan subtitan" = Striostrea subtitan Loel and Corey 1932 oyster | |
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Anomia vaquerosensis Loel and Corey 1932 jingle | |
Spondylus perrini, "Pecten (Pecten) hawleyi" = Flabellipecten hawleyi, "Pecten (Lyropecten) miguelensis" = Lyropecten miguelensis, "Pecten (Lyropecten) miguelensis submiguelensis" = Lyropecten pretiosus, Pecten (Pecten) vanvlecki, "Pecten (Lyropecten) magnolia" = Macrochlamis magnolia, "Pecten (Chlamys) sespeensis" = Chlamys sespeensis
Spondylus perrini Wiedey 1928 scallop
"Pecten (Pecten) hawleyi" = Flabellipecten hawleyi Hertlein 1925 scallop
"Pecten (Lyropecten) miguelensis" = Lyropecten miguelensis Arnold 1906 scallop
"Pecten (Lyropecten) miguelensis submiguelensis" = Lyropecten pretiosus Hertlein 1925 scallop
Pecten (Pecten) vanvlecki Arnold 1908 scallop
"Pecten (Lyropecten) magnolia" = Macrochlamis magnolia Conrad 1857 scallop
"Pecten (Chlamys) sespeensis" = Chlamys sespeensis Arnold 1906 scallop | |
"Modiolus ynezianus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) ynezianus, "Mytilus expansus" = Crenomytilus expansus
"Modiolus ynezianus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) ynezianus Arnold 1908 mussel
"Mytilus expansus" = Crenomytilus expansus Arnold 1907 mussel | |
"Crassatellites granti" = Hybolophus granti
"Crassatellites granti" = Hybolophus granti Wiedey 1928 clam | |
"Phacoides (Miltha) sanctaecrucis" = Miltha (Miltha) sanctaecrucis
"Phacoides (Miltha) sanctaecrucis" = Miltha (Miltha) sanctaecrucis Arnold 1909 clam | |
"Solen gravidus baileyi" = Solena (Plectosolen) gravidus baileyi
"Solen gravidus baileyi" = Solena (Plectosolen) gravidus baileyi Loel and Corey 1932 clam | |
"Cardium (Trachycardium) vaquerosensis" = Dallocardia vaquerosense
"Cardium (Trachycardium) vaquerosensis" = Dallocardia vaquerosense Arnold 1908 cockle | |
Dosinia (Dosinidia) margaritana projecta, "Chione temblorensis subtemblorensis" = Chione (Chionopsis) temblorensis, Tivela (Pachydesma) inezana, "Clementia (Egesta) pertenuis conradiana" = Clementia conradiana
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
"Clementia (Egesta) pertenuis conradiana" = Clementia conradiana Anderson 1905 venus clam | |