Where: Sutter County, California (39.2° N, 121.8° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 46.9° N, 94.0° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Capay Formation, Ypresian (56.0 - 48.1 Ma)
• Nomland 1916 said Tejon Formation but the UCMP loc. 1853 now is assigned to the Capay Formation
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: R. E. Dickerson. 1913. Fauna of the Eocene at Marysville Buttes, California. University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geology 7(12):257-298 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 122337: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 21.12.2011, edited by Jonathan Marcot and Mark Uhen
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Malacostraca | |
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Scaphopoda | |
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Bivalvia | |
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"Crassatellites grandis" = Crassatella uvasana1
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"Venericardia planicosta merriami" = Venericardia (Pacificor) merriami1
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"Cardium dalli n. sp." = Nemocardium (Nemocardium) linteum, "Cardium marysvillensis" = Nemocardium (Nemocardium) linteum1
"Cardium dalli n. sp." = Nemocardium (Nemocardium) linteum Conrad 1855 cockle | |
"Psammobia hornii" = Gari (Gobraeus) hornii1
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Tellina sutterensis n. sp.
Tellina sutterensis n. sp. Dickerson 1913 tellin clam | |
"Dosinia elevata" = Cyclinella elevata1, ? Meretrix sp.1, "Macrocallista conradiana" = Microcallista (Costacallista) conradiana1, "Meretrix hornii" = Callista (Costacallista) hornii1, "Isocardium tejonensis" = Nitidavenus tejonensis1
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"Diplodonta polita" = Diplodonta (Diplodonta) polita1
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"Solen parallelus" = Solena (Plectosolen) parallelus1
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"Glycimeris marysvillensis n. sp." = Limopsis (Limopsis) marysvillensis
"Glycimeris marysvillensis n. sp." = Limopsis (Limopsis) marysvillensis Dickerson 1913 clam | |
"Arca hornii" = Pachecoa hornii1
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"Glycimeris cor" = Glycymeris (Tucetona) perrini1
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"Ostrea aviculaformis" = Gryphaeostrea aviculiformis1
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"Leda gabbi" = Nuculana (Saccella) gabbii1
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"Nucula cooperi n. sp." = Nucula (Nucula) cooperi Dickerson 1913 nut clam | |
Gastropoda | |
"Cylichna costata" = Scaphander (Mirascapha) costatus1
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"Monodonta wattsi n. sp." = Homalopoma wattsi1
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? Calliostoma arnoldi n. sp.
? Calliostoma arnoldi n. sp. Dickerson 1913 top snail | |
Acrilla (Ferminoscala) tejonensis2 Dickerson 1916 wentletrap "Two poor wax casts from U. C., loc. 1853, Marysville Buttes, Eocene, can probably be referred to this species."
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"Calyptraea excentrica" = Calyptraea diegoana1
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Turritella merriami n. sp.
Turritella merriami n. sp. Dickerson 1913 turret shell | |
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"Neverita secta" = Glossaulax reclusiana1, "Neverita globosa" = Neverita (Neverita) globosa1, "Lunatia nuciformis" = Polinices (Euspira) nuciformis1
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"Nyctilochus californicus" = Gyrineum californicum1
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Galeodea sutterensis n. sp.1
Galeodea sutterensis n. sp.1 Dickerson 1916 snail on locality list table on p. 408, listed as "Galeodea tuberculata", but in text as Galeodea sutterensis at this locality
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"Turris perkinsiana" = Exilia perkinsiana Cooper 1894 snail | |
Astyris sp. Adams and Adams 1853 dove shell | |
"Siphonalia sutterensis n. sp." = Siphonalia (Nassicola) sutterensis, "? Phos martini n. sp." = Chrysodomus martini
"Siphonalia sutterensis n. sp." = Siphonalia (Nassicola) sutterensis Dickerson 1913 true whelk
"? Phos martini n. sp." = Chrysodomus martini Dickerson 1913 true whelk | |
Fusinus merriami n. sp.1, "Fusinus (Priscofusus) lineatus n. sp." = Fusinus obtentus, "Fusinus marysvillensis n. sp." = Falsifusus marysvillensis4, "Clavella tabulata n. sp." = Clavilithes tabulatus6
"Fusinus (Priscofusus) lineatus n. sp." = Fusinus obtentus Hanna 1924 spindle shell | |
Caricella stormsiana n. sp., "Ancilla (Oliverato) californica" = Cryptochorda (Cryptochorda) californica1, Voluta lawsoni n. sp.
Caricella stormsiana n. sp. Dickerson 1913 volute
Voluta lawsoni n. sp. Dickerson 1913 volute | |
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Olivula marysvillensis n. sp. Dickerson 1913 olive snail | |
"Surcula (Surculites) sinuata" = Surculites sinuatus1, "Surcula davisiana" = Surculites mathewsonii, Turris monolifera, Turris andersoni n. sp., Turris inconstans
"Surcula davisiana" = Surculites mathewsonii Gabb 1864 turrid
Turris monolifera Cooper 1894 turrid
Turris andersoni n. sp. Dickerson 1913 turrid
Turris inconstans Cooper 1894 turrid | |
"Surcula crenatospira n. sp." = Crenaturricula crenatospira6, Surcula holwayi n. sp., Surcula clarki n. sp., "Drillia cooperi n. sp." = Turricula cooperi1
Surcula holwayi n. sp. Dickerson 1913 snail
Surcula clarki n. sp. Dickerson 1913 snail | |
Drillia ullreyana Cooper 1894 snail | |
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Cordiera gracillima Cooper 1894 snail | |
"Cancellaria stantoni n. sp." = Bonellitia (Admetula) paucivaricata Gabb 1864 snail | |
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Architectonica weaveri n. sp. Dickerson 1913 sundial | |
Echinoidea | |
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Chondrichthyes | |
Synechodus sp. Woodward 1888 elasmobranch | |
Anthozoa | |
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? Trochocyathus perrini n. sp.
? Trochocyathus perrini n. sp. Dickerson 1913 stony coral | |
Nodosariata | |
Nodosaria sp.1 Lamarck 1812 |