Where: San Diego County, California (32.8° N, 117.2° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Rose Canyon Member (La Jolla Formation), Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: M. A. Hanna. 1927. An Eocene invertebrate fauna from the La Jolla Quadrangle, California . University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 16(8):247-398 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 122663: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 05.01.2012, edited by Jonathan Marcot
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Dendrophyllia dudleyi n. sp.
Dendrophyllia dudleyi n. sp. Hanna 1927 stony coral | |
"Balanophyllia imbulata n. sp." = Turbinolia imbulata
"Balanophyllia imbulata n. sp." = Turbinolia imbulata Hanna 1927 stony coral | |
Bivalvia | |
"Arca eba" = Arcopsis (Arcopsis) eba
"Arca eba" = Arcopsis (Arcopsis) eba Hanna 1927 clam | |
Pitaria sorrentoensis n. sp. Hanna 1927 venus clam
Macrocallista tecolotensis Hanna 1927 venus clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Turritella buwaldana Dickerson 1916 turret shell | |
Vitrinella minutastriata n. sp.
Vitrinella minutastriata n. sp. Hanna 1927 snail | |
Surcula decipiens Cooper 1894 snail | |
Mitra clementensis n. sp.
Mitra clementensis n. sp. Hanna 1927 mitre shell |