Where: Ventura County, California (34.3° N, 118.7° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 35.1° N, 117.0° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Pico Formation, Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; bioturbated lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by W. A. Findlay and W. P. Woodring; reposited in the CIT, LACM
Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),
Primary reference: W. P. Woodring. 1930. Pliocene deposits north of Simi Valley, California. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 19(6):57-64 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 237380: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 07.12.2024
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
| Gastropoda | |
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Forreria ? wrighti murex snail | |
| Bivalvia | |
"Ostrea vespertina" = Dendostrea vespertina
"Ostrea vespertina" = Dendostrea vespertina Conrad 1855 oyster | |
""Pecten" healeyi" = Patinopecten healeyi, ""Pecten" cerrosensis" = Lyropecten cerrosensis, ""Pecten" purpuratus" = Argopecten purpuratus, "Chlamys hastatus" = Chlamys hastata
""Pecten" healeyi" = Patinopecten healeyi Arnold 1906 scallop
""Pecten" cerrosensis" = Lyropecten cerrosensis Gabb 1866 scallop
""Pecten" purpuratus" = Argopecten purpuratus Lamarck 1819 calico scallop
"Chlamys hastatus" = Chlamys hastata Sowerby 1842 scallop | |
| Gastropoda | |
"Epitonium ? fallaciosum" = Hirtoscala hindsii, Opalia varicostata
"Epitonium ? fallaciosum" = Hirtoscala hindsii Carpenter 1856 wentletrap
Opalia varicostata Stearns 1875 wentletrap | |