CIT loc. 1158, Bell Canyon (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as UCLA loc. 6020, LACMIP loc. 26020; LACMIP loc. 10710

Where: Ventura County, California (34.2° N, 118.7° W: paleocoordinates 40.0° N, 88.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Chatsworth Formation, Middle Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by W.P. Popenoe in 1935; reposited in the LACM

Primary reference: W. P. Popenoe. 1942. Upper Cretaceous formations and faunas of southern California. Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists 26(2):162-187 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 185174: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 14.04.2017, edited by Jonathan Marcot

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
"Oligoptycha obliqua" = Biplica obliqua
"Oligoptycha obliqua" = Biplica obliqua Gabb 1864 snail
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
"Margarites ornatissima" = Atira ornatissima
"Margarites ornatissima" = Atira ornatissima Gabb 1864 snail
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
? Opalia mathewsonii8 Gabb 1864 wentletrap
tentatitvely identified
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Gyrodes expansa, "Euspira shumardiana" = Polinices shumardianus4
Gyrodes expansa Gabb 1864 moon snail
"Euspira shumardiana" = Polinices shumardianus4 Gabb 1864 moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Capulidae
Lysis suciensis7 Whiteaves 1879 snail
 Neogastropoda - Perissityidae
Forsia popenoei3 Saul 1988 snail
Perissitys brevirostris2 Gabb 1864 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Anchura phaba1 Elder and Saul 1996 snail
Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
"Acila demessa" = Acila (Truncacila) demessa
"Acila demessa" = Acila (Truncacila) demessa Finlay 1927 divaricate nutclam
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
"? Indogrammatodon cf. whiteavesi" = Grammatodon (Indogrammatodon)5
"? Indogrammatodon cf. whiteavesi" = Grammatodon (Indogrammatodon)5 clam
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
"Glycymeris veatchii" = Glycymerita veatchii
"Glycymeris veatchii" = Glycymerita veatchii Gabb 1864 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Flaventia lens" = Paraesa lens, "Trigonocallista bowersiana" = Calva (Egelicalva) bowersiana, Calva (Calva) campanae n. sp.6
"Flaventia lens" = Paraesa lens Gabb 1864 venus clam
"Trigonocallista bowersiana" = Calva (Egelicalva) bowersiana Cooper 1894 venus clam
Calva (Calva) campanae n. sp.6 Saul and Popenoe 1992 venus clam
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Cymbophora gabbiana Anderson 1902 clam
Cymbophora ashburnerii Gabb 1864 clam
Cymbophora suciensis5 Whiteaves 1879 clam
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
Tenea inflata Gabb 1864 clam
 Carditida - Astartidae
Eriphyla veatchii5 Gabb 1864 clam