Where: Orange County, California (33.6° N, 117.9° W: paleocoordinates 33.6° N, 117.9° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unnamed terrace deposits that overly the Niguel Fm (Late Pleistocene) AGE: Late Pleistocene, on the basis of geochemical dating. Uranium series dating (Grant et al., 1999) of a solitary coral from a nearby correlated locality gave an age of 122,000, giving the Fletcher Jones site an approximate age range of 120-125 Ka. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From terrace deposits 2-2.5 m above an unconformity with the Niguel Fm.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified sandstone and poorly lithified, silty mudstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collection methods: bulk, sieve,
• COLLECTOR; Powell et al. REPOSITORY: Orange Co. Paleontology Collections.
Primary reference: C. L. Powell II, L. B. Grant, and S. W. Conkling. 2005. Paleoecologic analysis and age of a late Pleistocene fossil assemblage from Upper Newport Bay, Newport Beach, Orange County, California. The Veliger 47(3):183-192 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 96937: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 13.07.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Gastropoda | |
"Tegula gallina" = Chlorostoma gallina, "Tegula aureotincta" = Chlorostoma aureotincta, Calliostoma tricolor, Calliostoma gemmulatum
"Tegula gallina" = Chlorostoma gallina Forbes 1850 top snail
"Tegula aureotincta" = Chlorostoma aureotincta Forbes 1852 top snail
Calliostoma tricolor Gabb 1865 top snail
Calliostoma gemmulatum Carpenter 1864 top snail | |
"Tegula eiseni" = Agathistoma eiseni
"Tegula eiseni" = Agathistoma eiseni Jordan 1936 snail | |
Diodora arnoldi McLean 1966 snail
Fissurella volcano Reeve 1849 snail | |
Epitonium sp. Bolten 1798 wentletrap | |
Crepidula onyx Sowerby 1824 slipper shell
Crucibulum spinosum Conrad 1855 slipper shell | |
"Cerithidea californica" = Cerithideopsis californica
"Cerithidea californica" = Cerithideopsis californica Haldeman 1840 horn snail | |
"Olivella biplicata" = Callianax biplicata, "Olivella baetica" = Callianax baetica
"Olivella biplicata" = Callianax biplicata Sowerby 1825 olive snail
"Olivella baetica" = Callianax baetica Carpenter 1864 olive snail | |
"Nassarius perpinguis" = Caesia perpinguis, "Nassarius tegula" = Phrontis tegula
"Nassarius perpinguis" = Caesia perpinguis Hinds 1844 snail
"Nassarius tegula" = Phrontis tegula Reeve 1853 snail | |
Alia carinata Hinds 1844 dovesnail | |
"Conus californicus" = Californiconus californicus
"Conus californicus" = Californiconus californicus Reeve 1844 cone shell | |
"Terebra danai" = Neoterebra danai
"Terebra danai" = Neoterebra danai Berry 1958 auger snail | |
Ophiodermella cf. inermis Reeve 1843 turrid | |
"Stramonita biserialis" = Thais biserialis, Eupleura muriciformis, Forreria belcheri, Pteropurpura festiva
"Stramonita biserialis" = Thais biserialis de Blainville 1832 murex snail
Eupleura muriciformis Broderip 1833 murex snail
Forreria belcheri Hinds 1843 murex snail
Pteropurpura festiva Hinds 1844 murex snail | |
"Crossata californica" = Crossata ventricosa
"Crossata californica" = Crossata ventricosa Broderip 1833 frog shell | |
"Neverita reclusianus" = Glossaulax reclusiana, Sinum scopulosum
"Neverita reclusianus" = Glossaulax reclusiana Deshayes 1839 moon snail
Sinum scopulosum Conrad 1849 moon snail | |
Melampus olivaceus Carpenter 1857 snail | |
Bulla gouldiana Pilsbry 1895 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Anadara perlabiata Grant, IV and Gale 1931 ark | |
Anomia peruviana d'Orbigny 1846 jingle | |
Argopecten ventricosus Sowerby 1842 calico scallop
Leptopecten latiauratus Conrad 1837 scallop | |
Ostrea conchaphila Carpenter 1857 oyster | |
Septifer bifurcatus Conrad 1837 mussel
Mytilus sp. Linnaeus 1758 mussel | |
Lucinisca nuttalli Conrad 1837 clam
Epilucina californica Conrad 1837 clam | |
Cryptomya californica Conrad 1837 softshell clam | |
"Juliacorbula luteola" = Caryocorbula luteola
"Juliacorbula luteola" = Caryocorbula luteola Carpenter 1864 clam | |
"Pseudochama exogyra" = Chama exogyra
"Pseudochama exogyra" = Chama exogyra Conrad 1837 jewel box | |
Veneridae indet., "Pitar newcombianus" = Pitar (Pitar) newcombianus, Petricolaria cognata, Megapitaria squalida, "Chione fluctifraga" = Chionista fluctifraga, Chione californiensis
Veneridae indet. Rafinesque 1815 venus clam
"Pitar newcombianus" = Pitar (Pitar) newcombianus Gabb 1865 venus clam
Petricolaria cognata Adams 1852 venus clam
Megapitaria squalida Sowerby 1833 venus clam
"Chione fluctifraga" = Chionista fluctifraga Sowerby 1853 venus clam
Chione californiensis Broderip and Sowerby I 1835 venus clam | |
"Diplodonta sericata" = Diplodonta (Felaniella) sericata
"Diplodonta sericata" = Diplodonta (Felaniella) sericata Reeve 1850 clam | |
Mactridae indet. Lamarck 1809 clam | |
"Trachycardium cf. panamense" = Mexicardia procera
"Trachycardium cf. panamense" = Mexicardia procera Sowerby 1833 cockle | |
Tagelus sp. Gray 1847 clam | |
"Donax californicus" = Donax (Paradonax) californicus, "Donax gouldi" = Donax (Donax) gouldii
"Donax californicus" = Donax (Paradonax) californicus Conrad 1837 clam
"Donax gouldi" = Donax (Donax) gouldii Dall 1921 clam | |
"Tellina meropsis" = Tampaella meropsis, Macoma sp., Macoma nasuta, "Macoma carlottensis" = Psammacoma carlottensis
"Tellina meropsis" = Tampaella meropsis Dall 1900 tellin clam
Macoma sp. Leach 1819 tellin clam
Macoma nasuta Conrad 1837 tellin clam
"Macoma carlottensis" = Psammacoma carlottensis Whiteaves 1880 tellin clam | |
"Cyclocardia ventricosa" = Coanicardita ventricosa
"Cyclocardia ventricosa" = Coanicardita ventricosa Gould 1850 clam | |
Crassinella nuculiformis Berry 1940 clam | |
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium neohexagonum Sharp and Pilsbry 1897 tusk shell | |
Malacostraca | |
Decapoda indet. Latreille 1802 decapod | |
Thecostraca | |
? Balanus sp. Da Costa 1778 barnacle | |
Echinoidea | |
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin | |
Dendraster excentricus Eschscholz 1826 sand dollar |