UCMP loc. A496, foothills of La Panza Range (Miocene of the United States)

Where: Ventura County, California (35.3° N, 120.0° W: paleocoordinates 34.3° N, 113.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

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

• Near top of Vaqueros section (= A498).

Environment/lithology: coastal; mixed carbonate-siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Wayne Loel, Victor Barlow, and W. H. Corey.; 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 238215: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 15.01.2025

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Echinoidea
 Clypeasteroida - Echinarachniidae
"Scutella norrisi" = Vaquerosella coreyi
"Scutella norrisi" = Vaquerosella coreyi Durham 1955 sand dollar
Gastropoda
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Calyptraea filosa, Calyptraea costellata
Calyptraea filosa Gabb 1866 slipper shell
Calyptraea costellata Conrad 1857 slipper shell
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella ocoyana
Turritella ocoyana Conrad 1855 turret shell
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
Tegula (Chlorostoma) malibuensis
Tegula (Chlorostoma) malibuensis Loel and Corey 1932 top snail
questionable occurrence
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Malleidae
"Pedalion panzana" = Isognomon (Isognomon) panzana
"Pedalion panzana" = Isognomon (Isognomon) panzana Loel and Corey 1932 oyster
questionable occurrence
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia vaquerosensis
Anomia vaquerosensis Loel and Corey 1932 jingle
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Pecten (Chlamys) sespeensis" = Chlamys sespeensis, "Pecten (Lyropecten) magnolia" = Macrochlamis magnolia, "Pecten (Lyropecten) miguelensis" = Lyropecten miguelensis
"Pecten (Chlamys) sespeensis" = Chlamys sespeensis Arnold 1906 scallop
"Pecten (Lyropecten) magnolia" = Macrochlamis magnolia Conrad 1857 scallop
"Pecten (Lyropecten) miguelensis" = Lyropecten miguelensis Arnold 1906 scallop
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
"Cardium (Trachycardium) woodringi" = Dallocardia woodringi, "Cardium (Trachycardium) vaquerosensis" = Dallocardia vaquerosense
"Cardium (Trachycardium) woodringi" = Dallocardia woodringi Loel and Corey 1932 cockle
"Cardium (Trachycardium) vaquerosensis" = Dallocardia vaquerosense Arnold 1908 cockle
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
"Phacoides (Here) richthofeni" = Here excavata
"Phacoides (Here) richthofeni" = Here excavata Carpenter 1857 clam
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
"Crassatellites granti" = Hybolophus granti
"Crassatellites granti" = Hybolophus granti Wiedey 1928 clam
questionable occurrence