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 basal conglomerate in formation.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified conglomerate
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 97233: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 20.07.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea | |
Astrodapsis fernandoensis Pack 1909 sand dollar | |
Bivalvia | |
"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 | |
"Lucinoma annulata" = Lucinoma annulatum, Here excavata
"Lucinoma annulata" = Lucinoma annulatum Reeve 1850 clam
Here excavata Carpenter 1857 clam | |
"Glycymeris profunda" = Glycymeris septentrionalis
"Glycymeris profunda" = Glycymeris septentrionalis Middendorf 1849 clam | |
"Arca terminumbonis" = Angulararca terminumbonis
"Arca terminumbonis" = Angulararca terminumbonis Grant, IV and Gale 1931 clam | |
Patinopecten lohri Hertlein 1927 scallop | |
Gastropoda | |
Turritella cooperi Carpenter 1864 turret shell | |
"Ficus (Trophoscyon) ocoyana" = Trophosycon ocoyanum
"Ficus (Trophoscyon) ocoyana" = Trophosycon ocoyanum Conrad 1855 fig shell | |
"Cypraea fernandoensis" = Neobernaya spadicea
"Cypraea fernandoensis" = Neobernaya spadicea Swainson 1823 cowry | |
Forreria belcheri Hinds 1843 murex snail | |
"Cancellaria fernandoensis" = Euclia fernandoensis
"Cancellaria fernandoensis" = Euclia fernandoensis Arnold 1907 snail | |
"Conus californicus" = Californiconus californicus
"Conus californicus" = Californiconus californicus Reeve 1844 cone shell | |
Kelletia kelletii Forbes 1852 true whelk
Nassarius inquus true whelk
Calicantharus humerosus true whelk | |
"Neverita reclusiana" = Glossaulax reclusiana
"Neverita reclusiana" = Glossaulax reclusiana Deshayes 1839 moon snail |