Also known as Vedder & Norris (1963) SN-8
Where: Ventura County, California (33.2° N, 119.5° W: paleocoordinates 33.2° N, 119.2° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Unnamed Formation, Quaternary (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
• Dune sand and fossiliferous marine terrace deposits of Quaternary age. These overlie Eocene strata. Fossils come from seven well-developed wave-cut platforms at altitudes of 25 to 990 feet. Several submerged terraces are present on the shelf adjacent to the island., the lowest being 400 ft below sea-level. Presumably all the terrace platforms on San Nicholas Island were cut later than the middle Pleistocene diastrophism recognized elsewhere in southern California. Terrace platforms are covered with a variety of sediments of marine and non-marine origin and range in thickness from a few inches to many feet.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; pebbly, shelly/skeletal, conglomeratic, calcareous sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: quarrying,
• Collections made by Vedder et al (1955-1956). Earlier collections by Cooper (1894), and Howard (1955)
Primary reference: J. G. Vedder and R. M. Norris. 1963. Geology of San Nicolas Island, California. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 369:1-65 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 37942: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 27.03.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
"Mitrella cf. carinata" = Alia carinata
"Mitrella cf. carinata" = Alia carinata Hinds 1844 dovesnail | |
Hipponix cf. tumens Carpenter 1864 hoof shell | |
"Astraea gibberosa" = Pomaulax gibberosa
"Astraea gibberosa" = Pomaulax gibberosa Dillwyn 1817 red turban | |
"Tegula ? funebralis" = Chlorostoma funebrale, "Tegula ? brunnea" = Chlorostoma brunnea
"Tegula ? funebralis" = Chlorostoma funebrale Adams 1855 top snail
"Tegula ? brunnea" = Chlorostoma brunnea Philippi 1849 top snail | |
Haliotis cf. cracherodii Leach 1814 abalone | |
"Acmaea cf. limatula" = Lottia limatula Carpenter 1864 limpet
"Acmaea ? scabra" = Lottia scabra Gould 1846 limpet
Acmaea sp. n. sp. Eschscholtz 1830 limpet | |
Bivalvia | |
Epilucina californica Conrad 1837 clam | |
"Glans subquadrata" = Glans carpenteri
"Glans subquadrata" = Glans carpenteri Lamy 1922 clam | |
Echinoidea | |
Strongylocentrotus ? purpuratus Stimpson 1857 sea urchin |