CIT loc. 450, west side of main branch of Dry Canyon, Santa Susana Mountains (Pliocene of the United States)

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: Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; bioturbated lithology not reported

• sandstone.

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by W. K. E. Lohman and W. B. Maitland; 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 237391: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 08.12.2024

Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
"Ostrea vespertina" = Dendostrea vespertina
"Ostrea vespertina" = Dendostrea vespertina Conrad 1855 oyster
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Pecten bellus hemphilli" = Euvola bella, Chlamys opuntia
"Pecten bellus hemphilli" = Euvola bella Conrad 1856 scallop
Chlamys opuntia Dall 1898 scallop
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
"Monia macroschisma" = Pododesmus (Monia) macrochisma
"Monia macroschisma" = Pododesmus (Monia) macrochisma Deshayes 1839 scallop