UCMP Loc. 3765, Runkle Canyon (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Ventura County, California (34.2° N, 118.7° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 40.5° N, 93.2° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Santa Susana Formation, Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the UCMP

Primary reference: R. N. Nelson. 1925. A contribution to the paleontology of the Martinez Eocene of California. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 15(11):397-466 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 207336: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 07.01.2020

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Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella reversa1
Turritella reversa1 Waring 1917 turret shell
Bivalvia
 Carditida - Carditidae
"Venericardia (Pacificor) nelsoni n. sp." = Venericardia (Pacificor) nelsoni2, "Venericardia (Pacificor) transversaria n. sp." = Venericardia (Pacificor) nelsoni2
"Venericardia (Pacificor) nelsoni n. sp." = Venericardia (Pacificor) nelsoni2 Verástegui 1953 clam
"Venericardia (Pacificor) transversaria n. sp." = Venericardia (Pacificor) nelsoni2 Verástegui 1953 clam
1Merriam 1941; 2Verástegui 1953