Where: Ventura County, California (34.5° N, 120.3° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 37.9° N, 111.1° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Vaqueros Formation, Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)
• (Lowest zone.) ... Ostrea reef below variegated Vaqueros land-laid member.
Environment/lithology: coastal; green conglomerate and mixed carbonate-siliciclastic
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by W. H. Corey, J. R. Dorrance, Wayne Loel, and Victor Barlow; reposited in the UCMP
Primary reference: W. Loel and W. H. Corey. 1932. The Vaqueros Formation, Lower Miocene of California. I. Paleontology. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 22(3):31-410 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/J. Marcot]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 238178: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 14.01.2025
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
| Thecostraca | |
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Balanus sp. Da Costa 1778 barnacle | |
| Gastropoda | |
"Polinices (Neverita) recluzianus andersoni" = Natica (Neverita) recluziana andersoni
"Polinices (Neverita) recluzianus andersoni" = Natica (Neverita) recluziana andersoni Clark 1918 moon snail | |
"Conus oweniana ynezanus" = Conus (Chelyconus) owenianus ynezanus
"Conus oweniana ynezanus" = Conus (Chelyconus) owenianus ynezanus Loel and Corey 1932 cone shell | |
"Ficus (Trophosycon) ocoyanus" = Trophosycon ocoyanum
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Turritella inezana Conrad 1857 turret shell
Turritella inezana altacorona Loel and Corey 1932 turret shell | |
| Bivalvia | |
"Ostrea titan subtitan" = Striostrea subtitan
"Ostrea titan subtitan" = Striostrea subtitan Loel and Corey 1932 oyster | |
"Ostrea eldridgei ynezana" = Pycnodonte (Pycnodonte) ynezana, "Ostrea eldridgei" = Crenostrea eldridgei
"Ostrea eldridgei ynezana" = Pycnodonte (Pycnodonte) ynezana Loel and Corey 1932 oyster
"Ostrea eldridgei" = Crenostrea eldridgei Arnold 1907 oyster | |
"Pecten (Chlamys) sespeensis" = Chlamys sespeensis, Pecten (Pecten) vanvlecki, "Pecten (Lyropecten) magnolia" = Macrochlamis magnolia
"Pecten (Chlamys) sespeensis" = Chlamys sespeensis Arnold 1906 scallop
Pecten (Pecten) vanvlecki Arnold 1908 scallop
"Pecten (Lyropecten) magnolia" = Macrochlamis magnolia Conrad 1857 scallop | |
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Glycymeris sp. Da Costa 1778 clam | |
"Phacoides (Lucinoma) acutilineatus" = Lucinoma acutilineata
"Phacoides (Lucinoma) acutilineatus" = Lucinoma acutilineata Conrad 1849 clam | |
"Clementia (Egesta) pertenuis conradiana" = Clementia conradiana, Dosinia (Dosinidia) margaritana projecta, Venus virginiana, "Chione temblorensis subtemblorensis" = Chione (Chionopsis) temblorensis
"Clementia (Egesta) pertenuis conradiana" = Clementia conradiana Anderson 1905 venus clam
Dosinia (Dosinidia) margaritana projecta Loel and Corey 1932 venus clam
Venus virginiana Loel and Corey 1932 venus clam
"Chione temblorensis subtemblorensis" = Chione (Chionopsis) temblorensis Anderson 1905 venus clam | |
"Cardium (Trachycardium) vaquerosensis" = Dallocardia vaquerosense
"Cardium (Trachycardium) vaquerosensis" = Dallocardia vaquerosense Arnold 1908 cockle | |
"Crassatellites granti" = Hybolophus granti
"Crassatellites granti" = Hybolophus granti Wiedey 1928 clam | |
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