Tejon from the McCray Wells (Locality 8 of Waring 1917): Late/Upper Eocene, California
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Dentaliidae
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Dentalium stramineum
Gabb 1864
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Gastropoda
- Ampullinidae
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Natica hannibali
Dickerson 1914
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| recombined as Eocernina hannibali | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella infragranulata
Gabb 1864
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= Turritella pachecoensis
Stanton 1896
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Merriam 1941 | |||||||||
| as Turritella pachecoensis waringi | ||||||||||
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Turritella andersoni
Dickerson 1916
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Turritella uvasana
Conrad 1855
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Turritella martinezensis
Gabb 1869
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| recombined as Mesalia martinezensis | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Sinum obliquum
(Gabb 1864)
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| original and current combination Naticina obliqua | ||||||||||
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Polynices hornii
(Gabb 1864)
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| recombined as Polinices hornii | ||||||||||
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Amauropsis alveata
(Conrad 1855)
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| replaced by Amaurellina moragai | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Cerithiopsidae
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Cerithiopsis alternata
Gabb 1864
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| as "Cerithopsis alternata" | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Bursidae
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Bursa washingtoniana
(Weaver 1912)
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Gastropoda
- Cassidae
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Galeodea (Morio) tuberculata
(Gabb 1864)
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| recombined as Phalium (Semicassis) tuberculiformis | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Volutidae
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Lyria andersoni n. sp.
Waring 1917
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Clavatulidae
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? Surcula sp.
Adams and Adams 1853
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| synonym of Turricula | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus remondii
Gabb 1864
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Gastropoda
- Seraphsidae
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Tornatina erratica
Cooper 1894
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| recombined as Paraseraphs erraticus | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Strombidae
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Rimella canalifera
(Gabb 1864)
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| recombined as Ectinochilus (Cowlitzia) canalifer | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Architectonicidae
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Stellaxis cognata
(Gabb 1864)
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| recombined as Architectonica (Stellaxis) cognata | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Bullidae
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Tornatina evoluta n. sp.
Waring 1917
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Corbula dilatata n. sp.
Waring 1917
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| replaced by Caryocorbula complicata | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Isocardia tejonensis
Waring 1914
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| recombined as Nitidavenus tejonensis | ||||||||||
| Listed as n. sp. but already published in Waring 1914 from locality 193040 | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Cardita superioris n. sp.
Waring 1917
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| recombined as Cardita (Cardita) superioris | ||||||||||
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Venericardia planicosta
Lamarck 1801
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| recombined as Venericor planicosta | ||||||||||
| subspecies hornii | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Septifer elegans
Waring 1917
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pinnidae
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Pinna lewisi
Waring 1914
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| recombined as Pinna (Pinna) lewisi | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Glycimeris maccrayi n. sp.
Waring 1917
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| synonym of Glycymerita major | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | California | County: | Ventura |
| Coordinates: | 34.3° North, 118.7° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 33.4° North, 107.7° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Priabonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 3 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Eocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 37.71000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Llajas | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Originally described as "Tejon," but now mapped as Llajas (Yerkes and Campbell 1995) |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Museum repositories: | CAS |
| Collection method comments: Leland Stanford Junior University Paleontology Collections, eventually transferred to the California Academy of Sciences | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 193039 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Marcot | Enterer: | J. Marcot |
| Modifier: | J. Marcot | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2018-05-04 15:34:49 | Last modified: | 2019-04-30 13:53:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-05-04 15:34:49 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 27071. | C. A. Waring. 1917. Stratigraphic and faunal relations of the Martinez to the Chico and Tejon of Southern California. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 7(4):41-124 [L. Villier/L. Villier] |
Secondary references:
| 24235 | C. W. Merriam. 1941. Fossil Turritellas from the Pacific Coast region of North America. University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 26(1):1-214 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |