Also known as LACMIP loc. 25758
Where: Los Angeles County, California (34.4° N, 118.5° W: paleocoordinates 34.1° N, 117.2° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Towsley Formation, Early/Lower Pliocene (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Towsley Fm, which unconformably overlies Eocene strata, and is overlain by the Pico Fm (Pliocene). AGE: Early Pliocene, on the basis of macrofossil biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within formation.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified, calcareous sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Kern
Collection methods: bulk, surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: J.P. Kern, c. 1970's. REPOSITORY: UCLA, California.
Primary reference: J. P. Kern. 1973. Early Pliocene marine climate and environment of the eastern Ventura Basin, Southern California. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 96:1-117 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 97230: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 20.07.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium neohexagonum Sharp and Pilsbry 1897 tusk shell | |
Gastropoda | |
Turbonilla sp. Risso 1826 snail | |
Turritella cooperi Carpenter 1864 turret shell | |
"Balcis rutila" = Polygireulima rutila
"Balcis rutila" = Polygireulima rutila Carpenter 1864 snail | |
Calyptraea filosa Gabb 1866 slipper shell
Crepidula nummaria Gould 1846 slipper shell
Crepidula adunca Sowerby 1824 slipper shell | |
Marginella sp. Lamarck 1799 margin shell | |
Thais cf. lamellosa Gmelin 1791 murex snail | |
"Mitra idae" = Mitra (Atrimitra) idae
"Mitra idae" = Mitra (Atrimitra) idae Melville 1893 mitre shell | |
Calicantharus humerosus snail | |
Nassarius iniquus, "Nassarius stocki" = Nassarius (Catilon) stocki
Nassarius iniquus Stewart 1940 snail
"Nassarius stocki" = Nassarius (Catilon) stocki Kanakoff 1956 snail | |
Mitrella gausapata Gould 1850 snail | |
Clavus aff. pallidus snail | |
"Mangelia interlirata" = Perimangelia interfossa
"Mangelia interlirata" = Perimangelia interfossa Carpenter 1864 snail | |
Taranis incultus turrid | |
Terebra martini English 1914 auger snail | |
"Conus californicus" = Californiconus californicus
"Conus californicus" = Californiconus californicus Reeve 1844 cone shell | |
Cancellaria planospira, "Cancellaria fernandoensis" = Euclia fernandoensis, "Admete rhyssa" = Admete gracilior
Cancellaria planospira snail
"Cancellaria fernandoensis" = Euclia fernandoensis Arnold 1907 snail
"Admete rhyssa" = Admete gracilior Gabb 1869 admete | |
"Neverita reclusiana" = Glossaulax reclusiana
"Neverita reclusiana" = Glossaulax reclusiana Deshayes 1839 moon snail | |
Boetica hertleini Kanakoff 1966 snail | |
Lacuna sp. Turton 1827 periwinkle | |
"Bittium cf. rugatum" = Lirobittium rugatum
"Bittium cf. rugatum" = Lirobittium rugatum Carpenter 1866 snail | |
Astraea gradata, "Margarites pupillus" = Pupillaria pupilla
Astraea gradata Grant and Gale 1931 snail
"Margarites pupillus" = Pupillaria pupilla Gould 1849 snail | |
Acteocina aff. culcitella Gould 1853 barrel-bubble | |
Bivalvia | |
"Nuculana taphria" = Saccella taphria
"Nuculana taphria" = Saccella taphria Dall 1896 pointed nut clam | |
"Acila castrensis" = Acila (Truncacila) castrensis
"Acila castrensis" = Acila (Truncacila) castrensis Hinds 1843 divaricate nutclam | |
Patinopecten lohri Hertlein 1927 scallop | |
"Lucinisca nuttallii" = Lucinisca nuttalli, "Lucinoma annulata" = Lucinoma annulatum
"Lucinisca nuttallii" = Lucinisca nuttalli Conrad 1837 clam
"Lucinoma annulata" = Lucinoma annulatum Reeve 1850 clam | |
"Chione (Anomalocardia) fernandoensis" = Chione (Securella) securis fernandoensis
"Chione (Anomalocardia) fernandoensis" = Chione (Securella) securis fernandoensis English 1914 venus clam | |
"Trachycardium quadragenarium" = Dallocardia quadragenarium
"Trachycardium quadragenarium" = Dallocardia quadragenarium Conrad 1837 cockle | |
"Macoma indentata" = Macoma (Rexithaerus) indentata
"Macoma indentata" = Macoma (Rexithaerus) indentata Carpenter 1864 tellin clam | |
Panopea generosa Gould 1850 clam | |
Solen sicarius Gould 1850 clam | |
"Cyclocardia californica" = Coanicardita californica
"Cyclocardia californica" = Coanicardita californica Dall 1903 clam | |
Chondrichthyes | |
"Carcharodon sulcidens" = Carcharodon carcharias, "Isurus hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis
"Carcharodon sulcidens" = Carcharodon carcharias Linnaeus 1758 great white shark
"Isurus hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis Agassiz 1838 white shark |