Saxituberosa titan Waring 1917

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae

Alternative combinations: Penion titan, Trachytriton titan

Full reference: C. A. Waring. 1917. Stratigraphic and faunal relations of the Martinez to the Chico and Tejon of Southern California. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 7(4):41-124

Belongs to Saxituberosa according to R. L. Squires and L. R. Saul 2006

See also Waring 1917 and Zinsmeister 1983

Sister taxon: Saxituberosa fons

Type specimen: LSJU 142, a shell. Its type locality is Southwest of Santa Susana, which is in a Danian transition zone/lower shoreface sandstone in the Las Virgenes Formation of California.

Distribution:

• Paleocene of United States (2: California collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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