Where: Ventura County, California (35.2° N, 120.1° W: paleocoordinates 34.2° N, 113.8° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Vaqueros Formation, Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)
• Uppermost Vaqueros or near Temblor transition. Probably equivalent to zones of A505, A504.
Environment/lithology: coastal; calcareous 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 238234: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 15.01.2025
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Mammalia | |
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| Echinoidea | |
"Scutella norrisi" = Vaquerosella coreyi
"Scutella norrisi" = Vaquerosella coreyi Durham 1955 sand dollar | |
| Thecostraca | |
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Balanus sp. Da Costa 1778 barnacle | |
| Gastropoda | |
"Turritella ocoyana" = Turritella ocoyana, "Turritella ocoyana wittichi" = Turritella ocoyana
"Turritella ocoyana" = Turritella ocoyana Conrad 1855 turret shell
"Turritella ocoyana wittichi" = Turritella ocoyana Conrad 1855 turret shell | |
"Oliva californica" = Oliva (Oliva) californica
"Oliva californica" = Oliva (Oliva) californica Anderson 1905 olive snail | |
"Thais (Stramonita) carrizoensis n. sp." = Thais packi
"Thais (Stramonita) carrizoensis n. sp." = Thais packi Clark 1918 murex snail | |
"Polinices (Neverita) recluzianus andersoni" = Natica (Neverita) recluziana andersoni
"Polinices (Neverita) recluzianus andersoni" = Natica (Neverita) recluziana andersoni Clark 1918 moon snail | |
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Calyptraea costellata panzana Loel and Corey 1932 slipper shell | |
| Bivalvia | |
"Ostrea freudenbergi" = Striostrea freudenbergi
"Ostrea freudenbergi" = Striostrea freudenbergi Hertlein and Jordan 1927 oyster | |
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Anomia vaquerosensis Loel and Corey 1932 jingle | |
"Pecten (Lyropecten) perrini" = Vertipecten perrini, "Pecten (Lyropecten) miguelensis" = Lyropecten miguelensis, "Pecten (Lyropecten) magnolia" = Macrochlamis magnolia
"Pecten (Lyropecten) perrini" = Vertipecten perrini Arnold 1906 scallop
"Pecten (Lyropecten) miguelensis" = Lyropecten miguelensis Arnold 1906 scallop
"Pecten (Lyropecten) magnolia" = Macrochlamis magnolia Conrad 1857 scallop | |
"Mytilus expansus" = Crenomytilus expansus
"Mytilus expansus" = Crenomytilus expansus Arnold 1907 mussel | |
"Phacoides (Here) richthofeni" = Here excavata, "Phacoides (Miltha) sanctaecrucis" = Miltha (Miltha) sanctaecrucis, "Phacoides (Lucinoma) acutilineatus" = Lucinoma acutilineata
"Phacoides (Here) richthofeni" = Here excavata Carpenter 1857 clam
"Phacoides (Miltha) sanctaecrucis" = Miltha (Miltha) sanctaecrucis Arnold 1909 clam
"Phacoides (Lucinoma) acutilineatus" = Lucinoma acutilineata Conrad 1849 clam | |
"Macoma secta panzana" = Macoma (Rexithaerus) panzana
"Macoma secta panzana" = Macoma (Rexithaerus) panzana Wiedey 1928 tellin clam questionable occurrence
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"Cardium (Trachycardium) vaquerosensis" = Dallocardia vaquerosense
"Cardium (Trachycardium) vaquerosensis" = Dallocardia vaquerosense Arnold 1908 cockle | |
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Dosinia (Dosinidia) margaritana Wiedey 1928 venus clam
Dosinia (Dosinidia) margaritana projecta Loel and Corey 1932 venus clam | |