Page Contents: Section | Significance | Background | Location & Dates | Taxonomic Contents | Documentation | Description of Collection | Collection Inventory | Collection Assets
Southern California Edison 2009
Section Responsible for Processing
Invertebrate Paleontology
Significance
This collection of invertebrate fossils was made by Cogstone Resource Management, Inc. during construction of the Southern California Edison Tehachapi Renewable Transmission Project, Segment 1.
Background
Southern California Edison and Cogstone Resource Management, Inc., supported the collection of the specimens and their curation in the Department of Invertebrate Paleontology at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
Collection Location and Dates
The collecting area encompasses outcrops of the Castaic Formation in adjoining parts of the Newhall 7.5' and Mint Canyon 7.5' topographic maps, Los Angeles County, California. The specimens were collected by Cogstone Resource Management, Inc. in 2009 and identified by Lindsey Groves. Nine localities yielded 41 identified lots of invertebrate fossils: LACMIP localities 17899-17907. The coordinates of the centrally positioned locality are: 34.468infinityN 118.498infinityW.
Taxonomic Contents
Mostly mollusks, some echinoderms.
Documentation
NHMLAC Accession F.A.2205.2010-25. The specimens are currently housed in the main Invertebrate Paleontology collections at the South Grand facility.
Description of Collection
The collection is identified to species, genus, or family level. The entire collection is stored in the Miocene section of the Invertebrate Paleontology main collections at the South Grand facility.
Collection Inventory
One Lane-style drawer of material containing 41 lots of identified and cataloged specimens invertebrate fossils.
Collection Assets
No collection assets available.