CSUN Loc. 706, 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

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Llajas Formation, Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; sandstone

• [Interfingering coastal alluvial-fan facies and shallow-marine (transgressive) facies.]

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by R. L. Squires in 1978; reposited in the LACM

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 207191: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 31.12.2019

Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)

Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia (Pacificor) aragonia
Venericardia (Pacificor) aragonia Arnold and Hannibal 1914 clam
as Venericardia (Pacificor) aragonia joaquinensis