Where: Fresno County, California (36.3° N, 120.3° W: paleocoordinates 37.1° N, 106.2° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Eocene (56.0 - 33.9 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the UCMP
Primary reference: R. E. Dickerson. 1916. Stratigraphy and fauna of the Tejon Eocene of California. University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geology 9(17):363-524 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 91476: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 29.09.2009, edited by Jonathan Marcot
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Turritella merriami Dickerson 1913 turret shell
Turritella buwaldana Dickerson 1916 turret shell
Turritella uvasana Conrad 1855 turret shell | |
"Ancilla (Oliverato) californica" = Cryptochorda (Cryptochorda) californica
"Ancilla (Oliverato) californica" = Cryptochorda (Cryptochorda) californica Cooper 1894 volute | |
"Perissolax blakei" = Pseudoperissolax blakei
"Perissolax blakei" = Pseudoperissolax blakei Conrad 1855 murex snail | |
"Whitneya ficus" = Strepsidura ficus
"Whitneya ficus" = Strepsidura ficus Gabb 1864 true whelk | |
Fusinus mathewsonii snail
Fusinus californicus snail
"Fasciolaria sinuata" = Latirus sinuatus Gabb 1864 snail | |
Exilia perkinsiana Cooper 1894 snail | |
"Cancellaria stantoni" = Bonellitia (Admetula) paucivaricata
"Cancellaria stantoni" = Bonellitia (Admetula) paucivaricata Gabb 1864 snail | |
"Surcula sp." = Turricula
"Surcula sp." = Turricula Schumacher 1817 snail | |
Ficopsis remondii Gabb 1864 fig shell | |
"Rimella canalifera" = Ectinochilus (Cowlitzia) canalifer, "Chrysodomus supraplicata" = Rimella supraplicata
"Rimella canalifera" = Ectinochilus (Cowlitzia) canalifer Gabb 1864 true conch
"Chrysodomus supraplicata" = Rimella supraplicata Gabb 1864 true conch | |
"Galeodea tuberculata" = Galeodea tuberculiformis
"Galeodea tuberculata" = Galeodea tuberculiformis Gabb 1864 snail | |
"Amauropsis alveata" = Amaurellina moragai, "Neverita secta" = Glossaulax reclusiana, "Lunatia nuciformis" = Polinices (Euspira) nuciformis, "Natica gesteri" = Polinices (Euspira) gesteri
"Amauropsis alveata" = Amaurellina moragai Stewart 1927 moon snail
"Neverita secta" = Glossaulax reclusiana Deshayes 1839 moon snail
"Lunatia nuciformis" = Polinices (Euspira) nuciformis Gabb 1864 moon snail
"Natica gesteri" = Polinices (Euspira) gesteri Dickerson 1916 moon snail | |
"Cylichna costata" = Scaphander (Mirascapha) costatus, "Bullaria hornii" = Abderospira hornii
"Cylichna costata" = Scaphander (Mirascapha) costatus Gabb 1864 snail
"Bullaria hornii" = Abderospira hornii Gabb 1864 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
"Leda gabbi" = Nuculana (Saccella) gabbii
"Leda gabbi" = Nuculana (Saccella) gabbii Conrad 1866 pointed nut clam | |
Venericardia hornii Gabb 1864 clam | |
"Lucina cumulata" = Divaricella (Egracina) cumulata, "Lucina gyrata" = Gibbolucina (Eomiltha) gyrata
"Lucina cumulata" = Divaricella (Egracina) cumulata Gabb 1864 clam
"Lucina gyrata" = Gibbolucina (Eomiltha) gyrata Gabb 1864 clam | |
"Meretrix hornii" = Callista (Costacallista) hornii
"Meretrix hornii" = Callista (Costacallista) hornii Gabb 1864 venus clam | |
"Spisula merriami" = Mactromeris merriami
"Spisula merriami" = Mactromeris merriami Packard 1916 clam | |
"Cardium brewerii" = Schedocardia brewerii
"Cardium brewerii" = Schedocardia brewerii Gabb 1864 cockle | |
"Tellina longa" = Tellina (Angulus) longa, Tellina remondii
"Tellina longa" = Tellina (Angulus) longa Gabb 1864 tellin clam
Tellina remondii Gabb 1864 tellin clam | |
"Psammobia hornii" = Gari (Gobraeus) hornii
"Psammobia hornii" = Gari (Gobraeus) hornii Gabb 1864 clam | |
Modiolus ornatus Gabb 1864 mussel | |
"Glycimeris sagittatus" = Glycymeris (Glycymerita) sagittata
"Glycimeris sagittatus" = Glycymeris (Glycymerita) sagittata Gabb 1864 clam | |
"Arca hornii" = Pachecoa hornii
"Arca hornii" = Pachecoa hornii Gabb 1864 clam | |
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Scaphopoda | |
"Cadulus pusillus" = Cadulus (Platyschides) gabbi
"Cadulus pusillus" = Cadulus (Platyschides) gabbi Sharp and Pilsbry 1898 tusk shell | |
Dentalium stramineum Gabb 1864 tusk shell |