USGS 14608 - Casmalia Hills [Careaga Sandstone]: Gelasian, California
collected by W. Woodring
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Thecostraca
- Balanomorpha
- Balanidae
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Balanus cf. aquila
Pilsbry 1907
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synonym of Tamiosoma gregaria | ||||||||||
Balanus hesperius
Pilsbry 1916
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recombined as Balanus (Hesperibalanus) hesperius | ||||||||||
SUBSPECIES: Balanus hesperius proinus | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Volsella cf. capax
(Conrad 1837)
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recombined as Modiolus capax | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Crenellidae
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Crenella cf. decussata
(Montagu 1808)
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea vespertina
Conrad 1855
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recombined as Dendostrea vespertina | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Pododesmus macrochisma
(Deshayes 1839)
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recombined as Pododesmus (Monia) macrochisma | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Chlamys ? hastatus
(Sowerby 1842)
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recombined as Chlamys hastata | ||||||||||
Patinopecten healeyi
(Arnold 1906)
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Anadara trilineata
(Conrad 1856)
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Cyclocardia californica
(Dall 1903)
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recombined as Coanicardita californica | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Solenida
- Solenidae
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Solen perrini
Clark 1915
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recombined as Solena (Eosolen) perrini | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Cerastoderma cf. meekianum
(Gabb 1866)
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recombined as Clinocardium (Clinocardium) meekianum | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Macoma cf. nasuta
(Conrad 1837)
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SUBSPECIES: Macoma cf. nasuta kelseyi | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Schizothaerus cf. nuttallii
(Conrad 1837)
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recombined as Tresus nuttallii | ||||||||||
Spisula cf. hemphilli
(Dall 1894)
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recombined as Mactromeris hemphillii | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Protothaca cf. staleyi
(Gabb 1866)
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recombined as Leukoma staleyi | ||||||||||
Protothaca cf. tenerrima
(Carpenter 1857)
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recombined as Callithaca tenerrima | ||||||||||
Transennella cf. tantilla
(Gould 1853)
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recombined as Nutricola tantilla | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Myidae
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Cryptomya cf. californica
(Conrad 1837)
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Pyramidellidae
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Odostomia farallonensis
(Dall and Bartsch 1909)
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synonym of Aartsenia satura | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neotaenioglossa
- Calyptraeidae
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Crepidula adunca
Sowerby 1824
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Crepidula princeps
Conrad 1855
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Trochita radians
Lamarck 1816
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Calyptraea cf. fastigiata
Gould 1846
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= Calyptraea contorta
Carpenter 1864
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Hendy 2020 | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Procerithiidae
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Bittium casmaliense
Bartsch 1911
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recombined as Lirobittium casmaliense | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Tornidae
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Pseudorotella cf. supravallata
(Carpenter 1864)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Tritonalia lurida
(Middendorff 1848)
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recombined as Paciocinebrina lurida | ||||||||||
Tritonalia cf. clathrata
(Dall 1919)
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synonym of Paciocinebrina atropurpurea | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Cancellariidae
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"Cancellaria" ? arnoldi
Dall 1909
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Olividae
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Olivella biplicata
(Sowerby 1825)
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recombined as Callianax biplicata | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Nassariidae
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"Nassa" moraniana
Martin 1914
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recombined as Caesia moraniana | ||||||||||
"Nassa" waldorfensis
Arnold 1908
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synonym of Caesia californiana | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Columbellidae
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Mitrella gausapata
(Gould 1850)
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Cryptonatica aleutica
Dall 1919
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= Cryptonatica affinis
Gmelin 1791
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Hendy 2020 | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Cerithiopsidae
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Seila montereyensis
Bartsch 1907
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Gastropoda
- Epitoniidae
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Opalia varicostata
Stearns 1875
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SUBSPECIES: Opalia varicostata anomala | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Trochidae
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Pupillaria cf. optabilis
(Carpenter 1864)
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recombined as Lirularia optabilis | ||||||||||
Calliostoma cf. gemmulatum
Carpenter 1864
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | California | County: | Santa Barbara |
Coordinates: | 34.9° North, 120.5° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 34.8° North, 119.9° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
Stage: | Gelasian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
Key time interval: | Gelasian | ||
Age range of interval: | 2.58800 - 1.80600 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Careaga Sandstone | Member: | Cebada | ||
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From the Cebada Member of the Careaga Sandstone, which overlies the Foxen Mudstone (mid-late Pliocene) and underlies the Paso Robles Fm (Pleistocene). AGE: Late Pliocene, on the basis of foraminiferal and microfossil biostratigraphy. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | poorly lithified silty sandstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: LITHOLOGY: Fine-grained sandstone. LITHIFICATION: Assumed poorly lithified on the basis of figured specimens. | |
Environment: | offshore |
Geology comments: PALEOENVIRONMENT: Established on the basis of faunal composition. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Museum repositories: | USNM |
Collectors: | W. Woodring |
Collection method comments: COLLECTORS: Not reported, but assumed to be W. Woodring. REPOSITORY: Smithsonian (USNM). | |
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for macrofossils. NOMENCLATURE: Somewhat antiquated nomenclature. |
Metadata
Also known as: | Woodring Loc. 170; W-83 | ||
Database number: | 189561 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2017-10-31 01:18:54 | Last modified: | 2020-06-14 01:37:01 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2017-10-31 01:18:54 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
10621. | W. P. Woodring and M.N. Bramlette. 1950. Geology and paleontology of the Santa Maria District California. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 222:1-185 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/S. Ávila] |
Secondary references:
72722 | A. Buczek, A. Hendy, M. Hopkins and J. Sessa. 2020. On the reconciliation of biostratigraphy and strontium isotope stratigraphy of three southern Californian Plio-Pleistocene formations. Geological Society America Bulletin [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] | |
63217 | A. J. W. Hendy. 2020. Unpublished taxonomic backbone for Eastern Pacific Invertebrate Communities of the Cenozoic (EPICC) Thematic Collections Network. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |