LACMIP loc. 22330, Meier Canyon: Selandian, California
collected by W.P. Popenoe 1946

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Mesalia martinezensis (Gabb 1869)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pyropsidae
Pyropsis fantozzii n. sp. Saul 1988
Saul 1988
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Tudiclidae
? Heteroterma acrita Saul 1988
Saul 1988
Heteroterma trochoidea Gabb 1869
Saul 1988
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Brachysphingus gibbosus Nelson 1925
Squires 1997
in caption of Figure 3
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Perrilliata califia Squires and Saul 2006
Squires and Saul 2006
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:California County:Ventura
Coordinates: 34.3° North, 118.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:38.5° North, 98.4° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Paleocene
Stage:Selandian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 1
Key time interval:Selandian
Age range of interval:61.60000 - 59.20000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Santa Susana
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Lower middle Paleocene (Selandian) = Turritella peninsularis Zone. Santa Susana Formation, “Martinez marine member.”
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:W.P. Popenoe Collection dates:1946
Metadata
Also known as:UCLA loc. 2330
Database number:185135
Authorizer:M. Clapham, J. Marcot Enterer:M. Clapham, J. Marcot
Modifier:J. Marcot Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2017-04-12 22:10:37 Last modified:2020-10-09 13:19:16
Access level:the public Released:2017-04-12 22:10:37
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]

Secondary references:

74397 L. R. Saul. 1988. New Late Cretaceous and Early Tertiary Perissityidae (Gastropoda) from the Pacific Slope of North America. Contributions in Science, Los Angeles County Museum 400:1-25 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]
74398 L. R. Saul. 1988. Latest Cretaceous and Early Tertiary Tudiclidae and Melongenidae (Gastropoda) From the Pacific Slope of North-America. Journal of Paleontology 62(6):880-889 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]
63342 R. L. Squires. 1997. Taxonomy and Distribution of the Buccinid Gastropod Brachysphingus from Uppermost Cretaceous and Lower Cenozoic Marine Strata of the Pacific Slope of North America. Journal of Paleontology 71(5):847-861 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]
77966 R. L. Squires and L. R. Saul. 2006. New buccinoid gastropods from uppermost Cretaceous and Paleocene strata of California and Baja California, Mexico . The Nautilus 120(2):66-78 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]