Where: Los Angeles County, California (34.1° N, 118.3° W: paleocoordinates 33.9° N, 117.3° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Fernando Formation, Piacenzian (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)
• Thirty four feet below the surface
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; gray, blue claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by J. Z. Gilbert in 1913; reposited in the UCMP
Primary reference: C. L. Moody. 1916. Fauna of the Fernando of Los Angeles. University of California, Bulletin of the Department of Geology 10(4):39-62 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 186031: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 06.06.2017, edited by Jonathan Marcot and Austin Hendy
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Astrangia insignifica Nomland 1916 stony coral | |
Gastropoda | |
Chrysodomus dirus meridiei n. ssp.
Chrysodomus dirus meridiei n. ssp. true whelk | |
unclassified | |
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801 | |
Echinoidea | |
Strongylocentrotus franciscanus Agassiz 1863 sea urchin
Strongylocentrotus purpuratus Stimpson 1857 sea urchin | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Terebratalia ? hemphilli Dall 1902 | |
Laqueus ? jeffreysi Dall 1871 | |
Bryozoa | |
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831 | |
Gastropoda | |
"Acmaea insessa" = Lottia insessa, "Acmaea cf. scabra" = Lottia scabra
"Acmaea insessa" = Lottia insessa Hinds 1842 limpet
"Acmaea cf. scabra" = Lottia scabra Gould 1846 limpet | |
Haliotis sp. Linnaeus 1758 abalone | |
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Calliostoma gemmulatum Carpenter 1864 top snail
Calliostoma canaliculatum Lightfoot 1786 top snail
Calliostoma tricolor Gabb 1865 top snail | |
Astraea sp., "Leptothyra carpenteri" = Homalopoma (Homalopoma) luridum, "Leptothyra paucicostata" = Homalopoma (Homalopoma) paucicostatum, "Astraea inaequalis" = Pomaulax gibberosa
Astraea sp. Röding 1798 snail
"Leptothyra carpenteri" = Homalopoma (Homalopoma) luridum Dall 1885 snail
"Leptothyra paucicostata" = Homalopoma (Homalopoma) paucicostatum Dall 1871 snail | |
Siphonaria sp. Sowerby 1824 pulmonate | |
"Bittium californicum" = Elassum californicum
"Bittium californicum" = Elassum californicum Dall and Bartsch 1901 cerith snail | |
"Turritella cooperi" = Turritella cooperi, "Turritella jewetti" = Turritella cooperi
"Turritella cooperi" = Turritella cooperi Carpenter 1864 turret shell
"Turritella jewetti" = Turritella cooperi Carpenter 1864 turret shell | |
"Rissoa acutelirata" = Actonia compacta
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"Serpulorbis squamigerus" = Thylacodes squamigerus
"Serpulorbis squamigerus" = Thylacodes squamigerus Carpenter 1857 worm shell misspelled as "Serpulorbis squamigerous"
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"Amalthaea tumens" = Hipponix tumens Carpenter 1864 hoof shell | |
"Conus californicus" = Californiconus californicus, "Bela sanctaemonicae" = Propebela sanctaemonicae, "Lora tabulata" = Propebela tabulata3
"Conus californicus" = Californiconus californicus Reeve 1844 cone shell
"Bela sanctaemonicae" = Propebela sanctaemonicae Arnold 1903 cone shell | |
"Mangilia (Clathurella) conradiana" = Crockerella conradiana
"Mangilia (Clathurella) conradiana" = Crockerella conradiana Gabb 1866 snail | |
Borsonia inculta n. sp., "Turris (Drillia) modestus n. sp." = Borsonella polynotata
Borsonia inculta n. sp. Moody 1916 snail
"Turris (Drillia) modestus n. sp." = Borsonella polynotata Hanna 1924 snail | |
"Mangilia angulata" = Kurtziella hecetae, "Mangilia hexagona" = Ithycythara hexagona, Mangilia muricidea n. sp., Mangilia oldroydi
"Mangilia angulata" = Kurtziella hecetae Dall and Bartsch 1910 snail
"Mangilia hexagona" = Ithycythara hexagona Gabb 1865 snail
Mangilia muricidea n. sp. Moody 1916 snail
Mangilia oldroydi Arnold 1903 snail | |
"Turris (Bathytoma) tryoniana" = Megasurcula carpenteriana, "Turris (Drillia) ? inermis" = Ophiodermella inermis, "Clathrodrillia incisa" = Ophiodermella incisa4
"Turris (Bathytoma) tryoniana" = Megasurcula carpenteriana Gabb 1866 turrid
"Turris (Drillia) ? inermis" = Ophiodermella inermis Reeve 1843 turrid
"Clathrodrillia incisa" = Ophiodermella incisa4 Carpenter 1863 turrid genus misspelled as "Clathodrillia" as Clathodrillia incisa fancherae
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Turris (Drillia) mercedensis Martin 1914 snail | |
"Turris (Drillia) renaudi" = Rhodopetoma renaudi
"Turris (Drillia) renaudi" = Rhodopetoma renaudi Arnold 1903 snail | |
"Murex lurida" = Paciocinebrina lurida, "Murex interfossa" = Paciocinebrina interfossa, Purpura foliata, Trophon (Boreotrophon) raymondi n. sp., Trophon (Boreotrophon) gracilis, "Trophon (Boreotrophon) stuarti praecursor" = Boreotrophon pedroana, "Tritonalia squamulifera" = Ocinebrina squamulifera4, Murex sp., "Murex peritus" = Favartia perita
"Murex lurida" = Paciocinebrina lurida Middendorff 1848 murex snail
"Murex interfossa" = Paciocinebrina interfossa Carpenter 1864 murex snail
Purpura foliata Gmelin 1791 murex snail
Trophon (Boreotrophon) raymondi n. sp. Moody 1916 murex snail
Trophon (Boreotrophon) gracilis Perry 1811 murex snail
"Trophon (Boreotrophon) stuarti praecursor" = Boreotrophon pedroana Arnold 1903 murex snail
Murex sp. Linnaeus 1758 murex snail
"Murex peritus" = Favartia perita Hinds 1844 murex snail | |
"Fusinus rugosus" = Fusinus traski
"Fusinus rugosus" = Fusinus traski Dall 1915 snail | |
Olivella intorta Carpenter 1856 olive snail | |
Admete gracilior, "Cancellaria quadrata n. sp." = Cancellaria angelana, "Cancellaria crawfordiana" = Crawfordina crawfordiana
Admete gracilior Gabb 1869 admete
"Cancellaria quadrata n. sp." = Cancellaria angelana Hanna 1924 snail
"Cancellaria crawfordiana" = Crawfordina crawfordiana Dall 1891 snail | |
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"Nassa mendica" = Hima mendica, "Nassa cooperi" = Hima cooperi, "Nassa insculpta" = Hima insculpta, "Nassa perpinguis" = Caesia perpinguis
"Nassa mendica" = Hima mendica Gould 1849 snail
"Nassa cooperi" = Hima cooperi Forbes 1852 snail
"Nassa insculpta" = Hima insculpta Carpenter 1864 snail
"Nassa perpinguis" = Caesia perpinguis Hinds 1844 snail | |
"Fusinus barbarensis" = Barbarofusus barbarensis
"Fusinus barbarensis" = Barbarofusus barbarensis Trask 1855 snail | |
"Siphonalia gilberti n. sp." = Cantharus gilberti, Volutharpa sp., "Chrysodomus tabulatus" = Neptunea (Sulcosipho) tabulata, "Chrysodomus rectirostris" = Exilioidea rectirostris, "Tritonofusus sp." = Colus
"Siphonalia gilberti n. sp." = Cantharus gilberti Moody 1916 true whelk
Volutharpa sp. Fisher 1855 true whelk
"Chrysodomus tabulatus" = Neptunea (Sulcosipho) tabulata Baird 1863 true whelk
"Chrysodomus rectirostris" = Exilioidea rectirostris Carpenter 1864 true whelk
"Tritonofusus sp." = Colus Röding 1798 true whelk | |
"Columbella (Astyris) tuberosa" = Mitrella tuberosa, "Columbella (Astyris) gausapata" = Mitrella gausapata, "Columbella (Astyris) carinata" = Alia carinata, "Columbella californiana" = Alia carinata, Columbella (Astyris) constantia n. sp., Amphissa versicolor, Amphissa columbiana3
"Columbella (Astyris) tuberosa" = Mitrella tuberosa Carpenter 1864 snail
"Columbella (Astyris) gausapata" = Mitrella gausapata Gould 1850 snail
"Columbella (Astyris) carinata" = Alia carinata Hinds 1844 dovesnail
"Columbella californiana" = Alia carinata Hinds 1844 dovesnail
Columbella (Astyris) constantia n. sp. Moody 1916 snail
Amphissa versicolor Dall 1871 snail | |
"Priene oregonensis" = Fusitriton oregonensis
"Priene oregonensis" = Fusitriton oregonensis Redfield 1846 triton shell | |
"Lacuna porrecta" = Lacuna (Epheria) porrecta, "Lacuna solidula" = Lacuna (Epheria) carinata, "Lacuna compacta" = Lacuna (Epheria) carinata
"Lacuna porrecta" = Lacuna (Epheria) porrecta Carpenter 1864 periwinkle
"Lacuna solidula" = Lacuna (Epheria) carinata Gould 1848 periwinkle
"Lacuna compacta" = Lacuna (Epheria) carinata Gould 1848 periwinkle | |
"Triphoris adversa" = Marshallora adversa
"Triphoris adversa" = Marshallora adversa Montagu 1803 snail | |
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"Natica (Cryptonatica) clausa" = Cryptonatica affinis, "Natica (Neverita) recluziana" = Glossaulax reclusiana, "Polinices lewisii" = Euspira lewisii4
"Natica (Cryptonatica) clausa" = Cryptonatica affinis Gmelin 1791 moon snail
"Natica (Neverita) recluziana" = Glossaulax reclusiana Deshayes 1839 moon snail | |
"Bittium rugatum" = Lirobittium rugatum, "Bittium munitum" = Bittium (Lirobittium) munitum4, "Bittium interfossum" = Lirobittium interfossum4, "Bittium attenuatum" = Lirobittium attenuatum4
"Bittium rugatum" = Lirobittium rugatum Carpenter 1866 snail | |
"Turris perversa" = Spirotropis (Antiplanes) perversa
"Turris perversa" = Spirotropis (Antiplanes) perversa Gabb 1865 snail | |
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Crepidula adunca, Crepidula adunca3, Crepidula princeps, Crepidula nummaria3, "Calyptraea radians" = Trochita radians, "Crepidula grandis" = Grandicrepidula grandis, "Calyptraea (Galerus) mammillaris" = Calyptraea mamillaris, "Crepidula dorsata" = Crepipatella dorsata
Crepidula adunca Sowerby 1824 slipper shell
Crepidula princeps Conrad 1855 slipper shell
"Calyptraea radians" = Trochita radians Lamarck 1816 slipper shell
"Crepidula grandis" = Grandicrepidula grandis Middendorf 1849 slipper shell
"Calyptraea (Galerus) mammillaris" = Calyptraea mamillaris Broderip 1834 slipper shell
"Crepidula dorsata" = Crepipatella dorsata Broderip 1834 slipper shell | |
"Epitonium hindsii" = Hirtoscala hindsii, "Epitonium acrostephanum" = Hirtoscala sawinae4, "Epitonium indianorum" = Nitidiscala indianorum, "Epidonium (Opalia) retiporosa" = Opalia spongiosa
"Epitonium indianorum" = Nitidiscala indianorum Carpenter 1864 wentletrap
"Epidonium (Opalia) retiporosa" = Opalia spongiosa Carpenter 1866 wentletrap | |
Odostomia sp., "Turbonilla tridentata" = Paramormula tridentata, "Odostomia satura" = Aartsenia satura, "Odostomia gravida" = Brachystomia gravida, Turbonilla sp., "Turbonilla tenuicula" = Pyrgiscus tenuiculus4
"Turbonilla tridentata" = Paramormula tridentata Carpenter 1865 snail
"Odostomia satura" = Aartsenia satura Carpenter 1864 snail
"Odostomia gravida" = Brachystomia gravida Gould 1853 snail | |
Cylichna alba, "Tornatina culcitella" = Acteocina culcitella, "Tornatina cerealis" = Acteocina cerealis
Cylichna alba Brown 1827 snail
"Tornatina culcitella" = Acteocina culcitella Gould 1853 barrel-bubble
"Tornatina cerealis" = Acteocina cerealis Gould 1853 barrel-bubble | |
Scaphopoda | |
Cadulus nitentior Arnold 1903 tusk shell | |
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Bivalvia | |
"Leda taphria" = Saccella taphria, "Leda hamata" = Nuculana (Nuculana) hamata
"Leda hamata" = Nuculana (Nuculana) hamata Carpenter 1864 pointed nut clam | |
"Yoldia scissurata" = Yoldia (Cnesterium) aeolica
"Yoldia scissurata" = Yoldia (Cnesterium) aeolica Valenciennes 1846 clam | |
"Cardita occidentalis" = Coanicardita occidentalis4, "Cardita crebricostata" = Crassicardia crebricostata4
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Lyonsia californica Conrad 1837 clam | |
"Thracia trapezoides" = Thracia (Homoeodesma) trapezoides
"Thracia trapezoides" = Thracia (Homoeodesma) trapezoides Conrad 1849 clam | |
"Gari edentula" = Gari (Gobraeus) fucata4
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"Semele decisa" = Semele (Semele) decisa4
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Tellina sp., "Macoma calcarea" = Macoma (Macoma) calcarea
Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam
"Macoma calcarea" = Macoma (Macoma) calcarea Gmelin 1792 tellin clam | |
Clinocardium (Clinocardium) nuttallii1, "Protocardia centifilosa" = Nemocardium (Keenaea) centifilosum
"Protocardia centifilosa" = Nemocardium (Keenaea) centifilosum Carpenter 1864 cockle | |
"Protothaca staminea" = Leukoma staminea4, Chione sp., "Chione simillima" = Chione undatella, "Petricola lamellifera" = Irusella lamellifera, "Marcia subdiaphana" = Compsomyax subdiaphana, "Psephis tantilla" = Nutricola tantilla, Saxidomus nuttalli, "Tivela stultorum" = Tivela (Pachydesma) stultorum, Macrocallista densa n. sp.
Chione sp. von Mühlfield 1811 venus clam
"Chione simillima" = Chione undatella Sowerby I 1835 venus clam
"Petricola lamellifera" = Irusella lamellifera Conrad 1837 venus clam
"Marcia subdiaphana" = Compsomyax subdiaphana Carpenter 1864 venus clam
"Psephis tantilla" = Nutricola tantilla Gould 1853 venus clam
Saxidomus nuttalli Conrad 1837 venus clam
"Tivela stultorum" = Tivela (Pachydesma) stultorum Mawe 1823 venus clam
Macrocallista densa n. sp. Moody 1916 venus clam | |
Chama exogyra Conrad 1837 jewel box | |
"Spisula catilliformis" = Mactromeris catilliformis
"Spisula catilliformis" = Mactromeris catilliformis Conrad 1867 clam | |
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"Pholadidea penita" = Penitella penita
"Pholadidea penita" = Penitella penita Conrad 1837 clam | |
"Mya truncata" = Mya (Mya) truncata4
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"Corbula tenuis n. sp." = Tenuicorbula tenuis
"Corbula tenuis n. sp." = Tenuicorbula tenuis Sowerby 1833 clam | |
"Panope generosa" = Panopea generosa, Panomya ampla
"Panope generosa" = Panopea generosa Gould 1850 clam
Panomya ampla Dall 1898 clam | |
Siliqua lucida Conrad 1837 clam | |
Solen sicarius Gould 1850 clam | |
"Thyasira gouldi" = Thyasira flexuosa Montagu 1803 clam
"Axinopsis serricatus" = Axinopsida serricata4 Carpenter 1864 clam misspelled as "Axinopsis sericatus"
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"Phacoides tenuisculpta" = Parvilucina tenuisculpta, "Phacoides cf. annulatus" = Lucinoma annulatum, "Phacoides californicus" = Lucina (Epilucina) californica
"Phacoides tenuisculpta" = Parvilucina tenuisculpta Carpenter 1864 clam
"Phacoides cf. annulatus" = Lucinoma annulatum Reeve 1850 clam
"Phacoides californicus" = Lucina (Epilucina) californica Conrad 1837 clam | |
"Glycimeris cf. septentrionalis" = Glycymeris septentrionalis
"Glycimeris cf. septentrionalis" = Glycymeris septentrionalis Middendorf 1849 clam | |
Arca sp. Linnaeus 1758 ark | |
"Ostrea erici" = Pycnodonte erici4
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"Pecten (Pecten) hemphilli" = Euvola bella, Pecten sp., "Pecten (Chlamys) hericeus" = Chlamys hastata, "Pecten (Chlamys) opuntia" = Chlamys opuntia, "Pecten hindsi" = Chlamys rubida4, "Pecten (Patinopecten) caurinus" = Patinopecten caurinus, "Pecten (Hinnites) giganteus" = Crassadoma gigantea
"Pecten (Pecten) hemphilli" = Euvola bella Conrad 1856 scallop
Pecten sp. Müller 1776 scallop
"Pecten (Chlamys) hericeus" = Chlamys hastata Sowerby 1842 scallop
"Pecten (Chlamys) opuntia" = Chlamys opuntia Dall 1898 scallop
"Pecten (Patinopecten) caurinus" = Patinopecten caurinus Gould 1850 scallop
"Pecten (Hinnites) giganteus" = Crassadoma gigantea Gray 1825 scallop | |
"Anomia lampe" = Anomia peruviana, "Monia macroschisma" = Pododesmus (Monia) macrochisma
"Anomia lampe" = Anomia peruviana d'Orbigny 1846 jingle
"Monia macroschisma" = Pododesmus (Monia) macrochisma Deshayes 1839 scallop | |
"Pecten (Propeamusium) levis n. sp." = Parvamussium alaskense
"Pecten (Propeamusium) levis n. sp." = Parvamussium alaskense Dall 1871 mud scallop | |
Modiolus sp. Lamarck 1801 mussel
Mytilus edulis Linnaeus 1758 mussel | |
Polyplacophora | |
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"Amphineura indet." = Polyplacophora
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Malacostraca | |
Cancer sp. Linnaeus 1758 crab | |
Nodosariata | |
Nodosaria sp. Lamarck 1812 |