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 sandstone in 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 97235: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 20.07.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801 | |
Gastropoda | |
Sinum cf. scopulosum, "Neverita reclusiana" = Glossaulax reclusiana
Sinum cf. scopulosum Conrad 1849 moon snail
"Neverita reclusiana" = Glossaulax reclusiana Deshayes 1839 moon snail | |
"Conus californicus" = Californiconus californicus
"Conus californicus" = Californiconus californicus Reeve 1844 cone shell | |
Terebra martini English 1914 auger snail | |
Cancellaria arnoldi Dall 1909 snail | |
Forreria cf. belcheri Hinds 1843 murex snail | |
"Ficus (Trophoscyon) ocoyana" = Trophosycon ocoyanum
"Ficus (Trophoscyon) ocoyana" = Trophosycon ocoyanum Conrad 1855 fig shell | |
Calyptraea filosa Gabb 1866 slipper shell | |
Turritella cooperi Carpenter 1864 turret shell | |
Bivalvia | |
Patinopecten lohri Hertlein 1927 scallop | |
"Lucinisca nuttallii" = Lucinisca nuttalli, Miltha xantusi, "Lucinoma annulata" = Lucinoma annulatum
"Lucinisca nuttallii" = Lucinisca nuttalli Conrad 1837 clam
Miltha xantusi Dall 1903 clam
"Lucinoma annulata" = Lucinoma annulatum Reeve 1850 clam | |
Solen sicarius Gould 1850 clam | |
"Trachycardium quadragenarium" = Dallocardia quadragenarium
"Trachycardium quadragenarium" = Dallocardia quadragenarium Conrad 1837 cockle | |
"Gari californica" = Gari (Gobraeus) californica
"Gari californica" = Gari (Gobraeus) californica Conrad 1849 clam | |
"Macoma indentata" = Macoma (Rexithaerus) indentata, "Tellina idae" = Idatellina idae
"Macoma indentata" = Macoma (Rexithaerus) indentata Carpenter 1864 tellin clam
"Tellina idae" = Idatellina idae Dall 1891 tellin clam | |
"Chione (Anomalocardia) fernandoensis" = Chione (Securella) securis fernandoensis, Compsomyax subdiaphana, Dosinia jacalitosana
"Chione (Anomalocardia) fernandoensis" = Chione (Securella) securis fernandoensis English 1914 venus clam
Compsomyax subdiaphana Carpenter 1864 venus clam
Dosinia jacalitosana Arnold 1909 venus clam | |
"Nuculana taphria" = Saccella taphria
"Nuculana taphria" = Saccella taphria Dall 1896 pointed nut clam |