USGS Cenozoic M4662 San Emigdio Creek (Eocene of the United States)

Also known as UCMP IP8681

Where: Kern County, California (34.9° N, 119.1° W: paleocoordinates 35.6° N, 105.0° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Uvas Conglomerate Member (Tejon Formation), Eocene (56.0 - 33.9 Ma)

• Eocene, "Domengine Stage," "Transition Stage," or "Tejon Stage."

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Nilsen, T. H. in 1971

Primary reference: T. H. Nilsen. 1987. Stratigraphy and sedimentology of the Eocene Tejon Formation, western Tehachapi and San Emigdio mountains, California. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1268:1-110 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/R. McClees-Funinan]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 194555: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Susan Tremblay on 21.06.2018

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell
Gastropoda
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Calyptraea cf. diegoana Conrad 1855 slipper shell
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella buwaldana Dickerson 1916 turret shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Sinum obliquum, "Amauropsis cf. alveata" = Amaurellina moragai
Sinum obliquum Gabb 1864 moon snail
"Amauropsis cf. alveata" = Amaurellina moragai Stewart 1927 moon snail
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
"Olivella mathewsoni" = Olivella mathewsonii
"Olivella mathewsoni" = Olivella mathewsonii Gabb 1864 olive snail
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus horni cone shell
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
? Turridae indet. Swainson 1840 turrid
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
"Ectinochilus sp." = Rimella
"Ectinochilus sp." = Rimella Agassiz 1840 true conch
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana sp. Link 1807 pointed nut clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Pitar sp. Römer 1857 venus clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Anthozoa
  -
Anthozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1834
Undetermined fragment