Where: Ventura County, California (34.3° N, 118.7° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 39.6° N, 96.9° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Llajas Formation, Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by R. L. Squires in 1983; reposited in the LACM
Collection methods: bulk,
• Repository: Formerly California State University Northridge (CSUN)
Primary reference: R. L. Squires. 1984. Megapaleontology of the Eocene Llajas Formation, Simi Valley, California. Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 350:1-76 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 205253: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 09.10.2019
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Glycymeris (Glycymeris) rosecanyonensis Hanna 1927 clam | |
"Macoma rosa" = Macoma (Rexithaerus) rosa
"Macoma rosa" = Macoma (Rexithaerus) rosa Hanna 1927 tellin clam |