F107 - Santa Ana Mountains [Santiago Fm]: Lutetian, California
collected by Kinney

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris cf. sagittata (Gabb 1864)
recombined as Glycymerita sagittata
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella cf. uvasana Conrad 1855
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia (Pacificor) cf. hornii (Gabb 1864)
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula sp. Bruguière 1789
Corbula cf. parilis Gabb 1864
recombined as Caryocorbula parilis
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardiidae indet. Lamarck 1809
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
? Pitar sp. Römer 1857
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Scaphander (Mirascapha) cf. costatus (Gabb 1864)
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Retusidae
? Cylichnina cf. tantilla (Anderson and Hanna 1925)
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Philinidae
Megistostoma cf. gabbiana (Stoliczka 1868)
recombined as Megistostoma gabbianum
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella uvasana Conrad 1855
Turritella cf. buwaldana Dickerson 1916
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Euspira cf. nuciformis (Gabb 1864)
recombined as Polinices (Euspira) nuciformis
? Euspirocrommium sp. (Sacco 1890)
Tejonia cf. lajollaensis (Stewart 1927)
synonym of Amaurellina moragai
? Crommium sp. Cossmann 1888
Gastropoda - Ficidae
Ficopsis remondii (Gabb 1864)
recombined as Ficus remondii
SUBSPECIES: Ficopsis remondii crescentensis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Molopophorus cf. antiquatus (Gabb 1864)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Turridae indet. Swainson 1840
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus cf. remondii Gabb 1864
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Ectinochilus (Cowlitzia) cf. supraplicatus (Gabb 1864)
recombined as Rimella supraplicata
Gastropoda - Cassidae
Galeodea sp. Link 1807
Gastropoda - Cerithiopsidae
Bittium cf. alternatum (Gabb 1864)
original and current combination Cerithiopsis alternata
Gastropoda - Ampullinidae
Pachycrommium clarki (Stewart 1927)
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crepidula (Spirocrypta) cf. pileum (Gabb 1864)
recombined as Spirocrypta pileum
Calyptraea diegoana (Conrad 1855)
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:California County:Orange
Coordinates: 33.8° North, 117.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:34.5° North, 103.7° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Altitude:245 meters
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Lutetian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 2
Key time interval:Lutetian
Age range of interval:47.80000 - 41.20000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Santiago
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: LITHOSTRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Santiago Fm, which overlies the Silverado Fm (Paleocene) and is overlain by the Sespe and Vaqueros Fms (Eocene-E. Miocene). AGE: Middle Eocene, on the basis of molluscan and foraminiferal biostratigraphy; from the Ulatisian Stage of Mallory (1959), on the basis of benthic forams and the Discosaster sublodoensis nannoplankton zone (Poore, 1976).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:pebbly lithified sandstone
Secondary lithology:concretionary lithified siltstone
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: LITHOLOGY: Pebbly sandstone, conglomerate, sandstone and siltstone. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of facies description (in text).
Environment:coastal indet.
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Shallow marine environment.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Museum repositories:USGS
Collectors:Kinney
Collection method comments: COLLECTORS: D.M. Kinney. REPOSITORY: USGS.
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for mollusca and other macrofossil groups. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, but with relatively modern nomenclature and species-resolution identifications.
Metadata
Also known as:USGS#18998
Database number:94825
Authorizer:A. Hendy, J. Marcot Enterer:A. Hendy, J. Marcot
Modifier:G. Varnham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2010-03-29 13:32:56 Last modified:2022-05-05 05:54:17
Access level:the public Released:2010-03-29 13:32:56
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

3060. J. E. Schoellhamer, J. G. Vedder, R. F. Yerkes and D. M. Kinney. 1981. Geology of the Northern Santa Ana Mountains, California. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 420(D):1-109 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/R. McClees-Funinan]