UCMP loc. A580, Santa Lucia Range (Miocene of the United States)

Where: Ventura County, California (35.8° N, 121.1° W: paleocoordinates 31.9° N, 110.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

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

• Highest zone of Vaqueros in this region.

Environment/lithology: coastal; calcareous siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by 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 238248: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 15.01.2025

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Thecostraca
 Balanomorpha - Balanidae
Balanus sp. Da Costa 1778 barnacle
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella inezana Conrad 1857 turret shell
Turritella inezana sespeensis Arnold 1907 turret shell
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Calyptraea costellata Conrad 1857 slipper shell
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
"Ostrea vaquerosensis" = Crassostrea vaquerosensis
"Ostrea vaquerosensis" = Crassostrea vaquerosensis Loel and Corey 1932 oyster
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia vaquerosensis Loel and Corey 1932 jingle
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Pecten (Lyropecten) miguelensis submiguelensis" = Lyropecten pretiosus, "Pecten (Chlamys) sespeensis" = Chlamys sespeensis
"Pecten (Lyropecten) miguelensis submiguelensis" = Lyropecten pretiosus Hertlein 1925 scallop
"Pecten (Chlamys) sespeensis" = Chlamys sespeensis Arnold 1906 scallop
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
"Mytilus expansus" = Crenomytilus expansus
"Mytilus expansus" = Crenomytilus expansus Arnold 1907 mussel
 Cardiida - Ungulinidae
"Diplodonta harfordi" = Felaniella (Felaniella) harfordi
"Diplodonta harfordi" = Felaniella (Felaniella) harfordi Anderson 1905 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Clementia (Egesta) pertenuis conradiana" = Clementia conradiana, Saxidomus vaquerosensis
"Clementia (Egesta) pertenuis conradiana" = Clementia conradiana Anderson 1905 venus clam
Saxidomus vaquerosensis Arnold 1909 venus clam