LACMIP 21607, Simi Valley: Thanetian, California
collected by Kinney, Sherman

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Mesalia martinezensis (Gabb 1869)
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:California County:Ventura
Coordinates: 34.3° North, 118.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:38.0° North, 99.2° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Paleocene
Stage:Thanetian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 1
Key time interval:Thanetian
Age range of interval:59.20000 - 56.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Santa Susana
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Lower upper Paleocene (lower Thanetian).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "siliciclastic"
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:LACM
Collectors:Kinney, Sherman
Metadata
Database number:184017
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:V. Maciel
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2017-01-25 19:22:46 Last modified:2017-04-12 21:45:31
Access level:the public Released:2017-01-25 19:22:46
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

58450. R. L. Squires and L. R. Saul. 2007. Paleocene pareorine turritellid gastropods from the Pacific slope of North America. The Nautilus 121(1):1-16 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]