LACMIP 14314, Warm Springs Mountain (Paleocene of the United States)

Also known as CSUN 1447G

Where: Los Angeles County, California (34.6° N, 118.6° W: paleocoordinates 39.5° N, 96.4° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: San Francisquito Formation, Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by M.X. Kirby in 1990; reposited in the LACM

Primary reference: W. P. Elder and L. R. Saul. 1996. Taxonomy and biostratigraphy of Coniacian through Maastrichtian Anchura (Gastropoda; Aporrhaiidae) of the North American Pacific slope. Journal of Paleontology 70(3):381-399 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 185189: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 15.04.2017

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Anchura baptos Elder and Saul 1996 snail