LSJU locality 930, Indian Creek (Eocene of the United States)

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

• algal 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

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Taxonomic list

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Florideophyceae
 Corallinales - Corallinophycidae
Lithophyllum sierraeblancae n. sp.
Lithophyllum sierraeblancae n. sp. Howe 1934
 Hapalidiales - Corallinophycidae
Lithothamnium laminosum n. sp., "Mesophyllum schenckii n. sp." = Mesophyllum schencki
Lithothamnium laminosum n. sp. Howe 1934
"Mesophyllum schenckii n. sp." = Mesophyllum schencki Howe 1934
 Sporolithales - Corallinophycidae
"Archaeolithothamnium keenani n. sp." = Sporolithon keenani
"Archaeolithothamnium keenani n. sp." = Sporolithon keenani Howe 1934