UCMP loc. A581, Grizzly Bend Creek, 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)

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 238249: 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
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
"Rapana vaquerosensis" = Califrapana vaquerosensis
"Rapana vaquerosensis" = Califrapana vaquerosensis Arnold 1908 murex snail
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia vaquerosensis Loel and Corey 1932 jingle
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Pecten (Chlamys) sespeensis" = Chlamys sespeensis
"Pecten (Chlamys) sespeensis" = Chlamys sespeensis Arnold 1906 scallop
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris sp. Da Costa 1778 clam
Sedentaria
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
"Serpula cf. coreyi" = Serpula careyi
"Serpula cf. coreyi" = Serpula careyi Wiedey 1928