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
Balanus cf. aquila Pilsbry 1907
synonym of Tamiosoma gregaria
Balanus hesperius Pilsbry 1916
recombined as Balanus (Hesperibalanus) hesperius
SUBSPECIES: Balanus hesperius proinus
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Volsella cf. capax (Conrad 1837)
recombined as Modiolus capax
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Crenellidae
Crenella cf. decussata (Montagu 1808)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea vespertina Conrad 1855
recombined as Dendostrea vespertina
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Pododesmus macrochisma (Deshayes 1839)
recombined as Pododesmus (Monia) macrochisma
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Chlamys ? hastatus (Sowerby 1842)
recombined as Chlamys hastata
Patinopecten healeyi (Arnold 1906)
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara trilineata (Conrad 1856)
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Cyclocardia californica (Dall 1903)
recombined as Coanicardita californica
Bivalvia - Solenida - Solenidae
Solen perrini Clark 1915
recombined as Solena (Eosolen) perrini
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cerastoderma cf. meekianum (Gabb 1866)
recombined as Clinocardium (Clinocardium) meekianum
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Macoma cf. nasuta (Conrad 1837)
SUBSPECIES: Macoma cf. nasuta kelseyi
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Schizothaerus cf. nuttallii (Conrad 1837)
recombined as Tresus nuttallii
Spisula cf. hemphilli (Dall 1894)
recombined as Mactromeris hemphillii
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Protothaca cf. staleyi (Gabb 1866)
recombined as Leukoma staleyi
Protothaca cf. tenerrima (Carpenter 1857)
recombined as Callithaca tenerrima
Transennella cf. tantilla (Gould 1853)
recombined as Nutricola tantilla
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Myidae
Cryptomya cf. californica (Conrad 1837)
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Odostomia farallonensis (Dall and Bartsch 1909)
synonym of Aartsenia satura
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crepidula adunca Sowerby 1824
Crepidula princeps Conrad 1855
Trochita radians Lamarck 1816
Calyptraea cf. fastigiata Gould 1846
    = Calyptraea contorta Carpenter 1864
Hendy 2020
Gastropoda - Procerithiidae
Bittium casmaliense Bartsch 1911
recombined as Lirobittium casmaliense
Gastropoda - Tornidae
Pseudorotella cf. supravallata (Carpenter 1864)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Tritonalia lurida (Middendorff 1848)
recombined as Paciocinebrina lurida
Tritonalia cf. clathrata (Dall 1919)
synonym of Paciocinebrina atropurpurea
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
"Cancellaria" ? arnoldi Dall 1909
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Olivella biplicata (Sowerby 1825)
recombined as Callianax biplicata
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
"Nassa" moraniana Martin 1914
recombined as Caesia moraniana
"Nassa" waldorfensis Arnold 1908
synonym of Caesia californiana
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Mitrella gausapata (Gould 1850)
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Cryptonatica aleutica Dall 1919
    = Cryptonatica affinis Gmelin 1791
Hendy 2020
Gastropoda - Cerithiopsidae
Seila montereyensis Bartsch 1907
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
Opalia varicostata Stearns 1875
SUBSPECIES: Opalia varicostata anomala
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Pupillaria cf. optabilis (Carpenter 1864)
recombined as Lirularia optabilis
Calliostoma cf. gemmulatum Carpenter 1864
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]