Location #67-54 - Tecolote West (Rincon Fm): Chattian, California
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella ocoyana
Conrad 1855
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Turritella temblorensis
Wiedey 1928
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Rapana vaquerosensis
(Arnold 1908)
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| recombined as Califrapana vaquerosensis | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Pecten miguelensis
Arnold 1906
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| recombined as Lyropecten miguelensis | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | California | County: | Santa Barbara |
| Coordinates: | 34.0° North, 120.0° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 32.6° North, 111.8° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Oligocene |
| Stage: | Chattian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4 |
| Key time interval: | Chattian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 27.82000 - 23.03000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Rincon | Member: | Lower | ||
| Local section: | Tecolote West | ||||
| Regional section: | Santa Barbara | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: From near base of section, in lower Rincon Formation, from uppermost Zemorian. Zemorian=middle to late Oligocene. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | black,brown,gray lithified mudstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: Highly fractured dark brown, gray, to black weathering mudstone and siltstone. | |
| Environment: | offshore |
| Geology comments: Offshore siliciclastic environment. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Collected by Avila and Weaver (1967). Not sure of any repositories. | |
| Taxonomic list comments:Nomenclature appears reasonable. Unsure of identifier. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 52384 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-08-04 18:10:22 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-08-04 18:10:22 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 14094. | D. E. Weaver. 1969. Geology of the Northern Channel Islands. American Association of Petroleum Geologists - Pacific Section [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |