Where: Los Angeles County, California (34.4° N, 118.6° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 35.1° N, 116.9° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Pico Formation, Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)
• Carson reported as "Fernando Formation," but most likely Towsley or Pico Formation
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by C. M. Carson
Primary reference: C. M. Carson. 1925. Some new species from the Pliocene of Southern California with a few changes in nomenclature. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 24(2):31-35 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 204366: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 06.09.2019
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
"Cantharus ashleyi" = Calicantharus humerosus
"Cantharus ashleyi" = Calicantharus humerosus Gabb 1869 snail | |
"Alectrion moranianus" = Caesia moraniana
"Alectrion moranianus" = Caesia moraniana Martin 1914 snail | |
Turritella cooperi Carpenter 1864 turret shell | |
Bivalvia | |
Dosinia ponderosa Gray 1838 venus clam | |
Macoma nasuta Conrad 1837 tellin clam | |
"Pecten ? cerrosensis" = Lyropecten cerrosensis
"Pecten ? cerrosensis" = Lyropecten cerrosensis Gabb 1866 scallop | |
"Ostrea veatchii" = Myrakeena veatchii
"Ostrea veatchii" = Myrakeena veatchii Gabb 1866 oyster |