Where: Ventura County, California (34.8° N, 119.2° W: paleocoordinates 35.5° N, 105.1° W)
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Juncal Formation, Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; poorly lithified, lag, argillaceous siltstone and poorly lithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the LACM
Collection methods: bulk,
• Samples were taken for microfossil (nannos and planktonic forams) collections, but all were barren.
Primary reference: R. L. Squires. 1988. Eocene Macropaleontology of Northern Lockwood Valley, Ventura County, California. Contributions in Science (Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County) 398:1-23 [A. Miller/K. Layou]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 5529: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 11.10.1999
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
"Glycymeris sagittata" = Glycymeris (Glycymerita) sagittata
"Glycymeris sagittata" = Glycymeris (Glycymerita) sagittata Gabb 1864 clam | |
Pitar joaquinensis Vokes 1939 venus clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Turritella andersoni Dickerson 1916 turret shell |