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Added nerineoid gastropod evidence for a warm Turonian sea in southern California

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2015

L. R. Saul  and
R. L. Squires
L. R. Saul
Affiliation:
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90007,
R. L. Squires
Affiliation:
Department of Geological Sciences, California State University, Northridge 91330-8266,
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Nerineoids, so typical of the Jurassic and Early Cretaceous in Europe, are usually rare and lacking in diversity in North America north of Mexico. This is especially true of the Pacific slope faunas. Only three species of nerineoid gastropods have previously been reported from the Cretaceous of California (Saul and Squires, 1998). The oldest of these species, Aphanoptyxis andersoni Saul and Squires, 1998, is from the Early Cretaceous (Hauterivian) in northern California. The other two species are Late Cretaceous (Turonian): Aphanoptyxis californica Saul and Squires, 1998, is from northern California, and Nerinella santana Saul and Squires, 1998, is from a locality and strata in southern California near the occurrence of Nerinella califae n. sp. The description of N. califae n. sp. gives California the greatest diversity of Turonian northeastern Pacific slope nerineoids, namely, Aphanoptyxis californica and two species of Nerinella. These Turonian nerineoids are also, thus far, the geologically youngest North American Pacific slope nerineoids.

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Paleontological Notes
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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 76 , Issue 2 , March 2002 , pp. 386 - 390
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Copyright © The Paleontological Society

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