LACMIP 41828 is a fossil collection site in Santa Barbara, California, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Pico Formation, dated to the Piacenzian to Gelasian (3.6–1.8 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as deltaic indet. Documented finds include Amiantis callosa, Anadara trilineata, Argopecten invalidus, Asperiscala minuticosta, Balanidae, Caesia.

Geologic setting

Formation: Pico
Geologic interval: Piacenzian to Gelasian
Age: 3.6–1.8 Ma
Depositional environment: deltaic indet.
Recorded occurrences: 32

Fossils found here

Amiantis callosa

Bivalvia · Veneridae

Anadara trilineata

Bivalvia · Arcidae

Argopecten invalidus

Bivalvia · Pectinidae

Asperiscala minuticosta

Gastropoda · Epitoniidae

Balanidae

Thecostraca · Balanidae

Caesia

Gastropoda · Nassariidae

Calicantharus fortis

Gastropoda · Buccinidae

Calicantharus humerosus

Gastropoda · Buccinidae

Callianax baetica

Gastropoda · Olividae

Callianax biplicata

Gastropoda · Olividae

Cancellaria hemphilli

Gastropoda · Cancellariidae

Chlamys hastata

Bivalvia · Pectinidae

Crockerella conradiana

Gastropoda · Clathurellidae

Decapoda

Malacostraca

Dendostrea vespertina

Bivalvia · Ostreidae

Dentalium neohexagonum

Scaphopoda · Dentaliidae

Elaeocyma

Gastropoda · Drilliidae

Euclia

Gastropoda · Cancellariidae

Glossaulax reclusiana

Gastropoda · Naticidae

Here excavata

Bivalvia · Lucinidae

Hima mendica

Gastropoda · Nassariidae

Lirobittium casmaliense

Gastropoda · Procerithiidae

Lirobittium

Gastropoda · Procerithiidae

Mitrella tuberosa

Gastropoda · Columbellidae

Nassariidae

Gastropoda · Nassariidae

Ophiodermella

Gastropoda · Borsoniidae

Strictispira zizyphus

Gastropoda · Strictispiridae

Terebra (Strioterebrum) martini

Gastropoda · Terebridae

Tegulidae

Gastropoda · Tegulidae

Turritella cooperi

Gastropoda · Turritellidae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 214255 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Questions about LACMIP 41828

Can you collect at LACMIP 41828?

It depends on who owns the land and whether a mining claim covers it. BLM land usually allows hand collecting for personal use, national parks allow none, and private land needs the owner’s permission. Pro members see the owner and any claims at this spot.

What minerals are found at LACMIP 41828?

Fossil.

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Source: Paleobiology Database.