Where: San Diego County, California (32.8° N, 117.3° W: paleocoordinates 38.4° N, 93.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Cabrillo Formation, Early/Lower Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)
• lower Maestrichtian Cabrillo Formation
Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by M. K. Dawson; reposited in the LACM
Primary reference: M. K. Dawson. 1978. The Paleontology of the Cabrillo Formation. [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 66683: authorized by Peter Harries, entered by Peter Harries on 12.10.2006, edited by Jonathan Marcot
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Bivalvia | |
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Inoceramus pacificus Anderson and Hanna 1935 clam | |
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Glycymeris "n. sp." Da Costa 1778 clam | |
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Limopsis "n. sp." Sassi 1827 clam | |
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Fimbria "n. sp." Mühlfeldt 1811 clam | |
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Corbula "n. sp." Bruguière 1789 clam | |
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Opertochasma sp. Stephenson 1953 clam | |
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Meekia sp. Gabb 1864 clam | |
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Callista (Microcallista) sp. Stewart 1930 venus clam
Loxo decore Dailey and Popenoe 1966 venus clam | |
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Acila princeps Schenck 1943 divaricate nutclam | |
| Gastropoda | |
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? Calliomphalus sp. Cossmann 1888 snail | |
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Biplica miniplicata Popenoe 1957 snail | |
"Nonacteonina "n. sp."" = Nonactaeonina
"Nonacteonina "n. sp."" = Nonactaeonina snail | |
"Euspira shumardiana" = Polinices shumardianus
"Euspira shumardiana" = Polinices shumardianus Gabb 1864 moon snail | |
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? Anchura sp. Conrad 1860 snail | |
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? Eripachya sp. Gabb 1869 true whelk | |
"Cophocara "n. sp."" = Perissitys
"Cophocara "n. sp."" = Perissitys Stewart 1927 snail | |
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Turritella cf. chaneyi Merriam 1941 turret shell | |