Also known as Reef 3030
Where: Santa Barbara County, California (34.6° N, 119.7° W: paleocoordinates 37.2° N, 102.7° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Sierra Blanca Formation, Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)
• Larger foraminifera indicate a Penutian age, which is correlated to the mid-Ypresian on the basis of nannofossil biostrat.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone
Size class: mesofossils
Primary reference: M. A. Howe. 1934. Eocene marine algae (Lithothamnieae) from the Sierra Blanca Limestone. Geological Society America Bulletin 45:507-518 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 71078: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 18.04.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Florideophyceae | |
Lithophyllum sierraeblancae n. sp.
Lithophyllum sierraeblancae n. sp. Howe 1934 | |
"Archaeolithothamnium keenani n. sp." = Sporolithon keenani
"Archaeolithothamnium keenani n. sp." = Sporolithon keenani Howe 1934 | |
"Mesophyllum schenckii n. sp." = Mesophyllum schencki, Lithothamnium laminosum n. sp.
"Mesophyllum schenckii n. sp." = Mesophyllum schencki Howe 1934
Lithothamnium laminosum n. sp. Howe 1934 |