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, sandy siltstone
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 97236: 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 | |
Chondrichthyes | |
"Isurus hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis
"Isurus hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis Agassiz 1838 white shark | |
Gastropoda | |
"Neverita reclusiana" = Glossaulax reclusiana
"Neverita reclusiana" = Glossaulax reclusiana Deshayes 1839 moon snail | |
"Ficus (Trophoscyon) ocoyana" = Trophosycon ocoyanum
"Ficus (Trophoscyon) ocoyana" = Trophosycon ocoyanum Conrad 1855 fig shell | |
Calyptraea cf. filosa Gabb 1866 slipper shell | |
Calliostoma aff. gemmulatum Carpenter 1864 top snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Patinopecten lohri Hertlein 1927 scallop | |
Here excavata Carpenter 1857 clam
Miltha xantusi Dall 1903 clam
"Lucinoma annulata" = Lucinoma annulatum Reeve 1850 clam | |
Solen cf. sicarius Gould 1850 clam | |
Panopea generosa Gould 1850 clam | |
"Macoma indentata" = Macoma (Rexithaerus) indentata
"Macoma indentata" = Macoma (Rexithaerus) indentata Carpenter 1864 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 |