USGS 14768 - Fugler Point [Careaga Sandstone]: Gelasian, California
collected by W. Woodring
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella cooperi
Carpenter 1864
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Gastropoda
- Neotaenioglossa
- Calyptraeidae
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Crepidula aculeata
(Gmelin 1791)
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= Bostrycapulus decorus
Collin 2019
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Hendy 2020 | |||||||||
Trochita radians
Lamarck 1816
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Crepidula princeps
Conrad 1855
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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" cf. fossata
(Gould 1849)
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recombined as Caesia fossatus | ||||||||||
"Nassa" moraniana
Martin 1914
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recombined as Caesia moraniana | ||||||||||
"Nassa" cooperi
Forbes 1852
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recombined as Hima cooperi | ||||||||||
SUBSPECIES: "Nassa" mendica cooperi | ||||||||||
"Nassa" mendica
Gould 1849
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recombined as Hima mendica | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turridae
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Megasurcula carpenteriana
(Gabb 1866)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Cancellariidae
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"Cancellaria" arnoldi
Dall 1909
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"Cancellaria" rapa
Nomland 1917
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recombined as Euclia rapa | ||||||||||
SUBSPECIES: "Cancellaria" rapa perrini | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
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Barbarofusus cf. arnoldi
(Cossmann 1903)
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recombined as Harfordia arnoldi | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Neverita reclusiana
(Deshayes 1839)
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recombined as Glossaulax reclusiana | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Procerithiidae
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Bittium casmaliense
Bartsch 1911
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recombined as Lirobittium casmaliense | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Saccella taphria
(Dall 1896)
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Pododesmus macrochisma
(Deshayes 1839)
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recombined as Pododesmus (Monia) macrochisma | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Arca sisquocensis
(Reinhart 1937)
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original and current combination Arca (Arca) sisquocensis | ||||||||||
Anadara trilineata
(Conrad 1856)
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Pholadidae
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Pholadidea cf. penita
(Conrad 1837)
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recombined as Penitella penita | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Schizothaerus cf. nuttallii
(Conrad 1837)
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recombined as Tresus nuttallii | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Dosinia ponderosa
(Gray 1838)
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Cerastoderma cf. meekianum
(Gabb 1866)
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recombined as Clinocardium (Clinocardium) meekianum | ||||||||||
Trachycardium cf. quadragenarium
(Conrad 1837)
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recombined as Dallocardia quadragenarium | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Semelidae
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Cumingia californica
Conrad 1837
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Cyclocardia californica
(Dall 1903)
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recombined as Coanicardita californica | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | California | County: | Santa Barbara |
Coordinates: | 34.9° North, 120.3° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 34.8° North, 119.7° 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: | 2.58000 - 1.80000 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. 178; FP1 | ||
Database number: | 189766 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2017-11-06 18:05:32 | Last modified: | 2020-06-14 01:37:45 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2017-11-06 18:05:32 |
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] |