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A Turonian clavagellid (Bivalvia) from the Ladd Formation of southern California

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2015

Robert B. Stallwood
Robert B. Stallwood*
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Natural History Foundation of Orange County, Suite G, 27261 La Paz Road, Laguna Niguel, California 92656
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Abstract

Stirpulina saulae n. sp. is the first reported clavagellid from the Pacific Province of North America. Specimens of this clavagellid are from the Ladd Formation of the Santa Ana Mountains, Orange County, southern California. The age of these specimens is Late Turonian based upon the presence of the ammonite Subprionocyclus spp. both above and below the clavagellids in the section. These are, therefore, the oldest reported clavagellids from the western hemisphere, and they give positive support to the European Turonian reports of the genus Stirpulina. The deposits indicate an open-shelf habitat of shallow to moderate depth, and the associated fauna suggests a warm temperate to subtropical marine climate. This is consistent with the previously reported Cretaceous distribution for the group.

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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 69 , Issue 1 , January 1995 , pp. 84 - 88
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