CSUN 512a, Chivo Canyon, Santa Susana Mountains (Eocene of the United States)

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

• Shallow-marine (regressive) facies.

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
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
"Macoma rosa" = Macoma (Rexithaerus) rosa
"Macoma rosa" = Macoma (Rexithaerus) rosa Hanna 1927 tellin clam