Also known as UCMP V71128
Where: Solano County, California (38.5° N, 121.7° W: paleocoordinates 42.4° N, 103.1° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)
• The invertebrate faunas from these localities have been assigned to the Capay stage of the Californian marine Eocene by Merriam and Turner (1937) and are correlative with one another and with faunas from the Cerros shale member of the Lodo formation, north of Coalinga, and from glauconitic shales and sandstones at Marysville Buttes.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; pyritic, gray, green, carbonaceous shale
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collected by E. M. Parks, B. L. Clark, D. B. Kemper Palmer; reposited in the UCMP
Primary reference: D. B. K. Palmer. 1923. A fauna from the Middle Eocene shales near Vacaville, California. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 14(8):289-318 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/J. Marcot]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 201621: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 16.05.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Foraminifera | |
"Nonionina clarki n. sp." = Cyclammina clarki
"Nonionina clarki n. sp." = Cyclammina clarki Hanna 1923 | |
Cristellaria kemperi n. sp. Hanna 1923
Cristellaria vacavillensis n. sp. Hanna 1923
Marginulina cushmani n. sp. Hanna 1923 | |
Nodosariata | |
Nodosaria ? consobrina, Nodosaria raphanus, Nodosaria soluta, Nodosaria vertebralis, "Nodosaria pauperata" = Dentalina pauperata
Nodosaria ? consobrina Bagg 1905
Nodosaria raphanus Brady 1884
Nodosaria soluta Reuss 1851
Nodosaria vertebralis Brady 1884
"Nodosaria pauperata" = Dentalina pauperata d'Orbigny 1846 | |
Foraminifera | |
Rotalia sp. Lamarck 1804 | |
Pulvinulina helicella n. sp.
Pulvinulina helicella n. sp. Hanna 1923 | |
Anthozoa | |
Stephanophyllia californica Nomland 1916 stony coral
? Stephanophyllia vacavillensis n. sp. Palmer 1923 stony coral | |
"Trochocyathus merriami" = Platytrochus merriami
"Trochocyathus merriami" = Platytrochus merriami Nomland 1916 stony coral | |
Turbinolia dickersoni Nomland 1916 stony coral | |
Echinoidea | |
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Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium stramineum Gabb 1864 tusk shell
Dentalium vacavillensis n. sp. Palmer 1923 tusk shell | |
"Cadulus meganosensis n. sp." = Cadulus (Cadulus) meganosensis
"Cadulus meganosensis n. sp." = Cadulus (Cadulus) meganosensis Palmer 1923 tusk shell | |
Gastropoda | |
Turbonilla dunnensis n. sp., Odontostomia dunnensis n. sp., Odontostomia vacavillensis n. sp., Syrnola unicostata n. sp., Syrnola concava n. sp.
Turbonilla dunnensis n. sp. Palmer 1923 snail
Odontostomia dunnensis n. sp. Palmer 1923 snail
Odontostomia vacavillensis n. sp. Palmer 1923 snail
Syrnola unicostata n. sp. Palmer 1923 snail
Syrnola concava n. sp. Palmer 1923 snail | |
Acteon vacavilleneis n. sp., Tornatellaea vacavillensis n. sp.
Acteon vacavilleneis n. sp. snail
Tornatellaea vacavillensis n. sp. Palmer 1923 snail | |
? Scaphander sp. Monfort 1810 snail | |
Bittium (Semibittium) quadricingulatum n. sp. Palmer 1923 cerith snail | |
? Natica sp. Scopoli 1777 moon snail | |
Turbella elegans n. sp.
Turbella elegans n. sp. Palmer 1923 snail | |
Ficopsis furlongi n. sp.
Ficopsis furlongi n. sp. Palmer 1923 fig shell | |
Ancilla vacavillensis n. sp., Ancilla meganosensis n. sp.
Ancilla vacavillensis n. sp. Palmer 1923 olive snail
Ancilla meganosensis n. sp. Palmer 1923 olive snail | |
Euthriofusus crescentis n. sp.
Euthriofusus crescentis n. sp. Palmer 1923 snail | |
Janiopsis californensis n. sp., Metula (Celatoconus) vacavillensis n. sp.
Janiopsis californensis n. sp. true whelk
Metula (Celatoconus) vacavillensis n. sp. Palmer 1923 true whelk | |
? Mangilia vacavillensis n. sp.
? Mangilia vacavillensis n. sp. Palmer 1923 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
"Yoldia mosesi n. sp." = Portlandia (Portlandia) mosesi
"Yoldia mosesi n. sp." = Portlandia (Portlandia) mosesi Palmer 1923 clam | |
"? Solemya dunnensis n. sp." = Acharax dunnensis
"? Solemya dunnensis n. sp." = Acharax dunnensis Palmer 1923 Awning Clam | |
"Pecten (Propeamusium) vacavillensis n. sp." = Propeamussium interradiatum
"Pecten (Propeamusium) vacavillensis n. sp." = Propeamussium interradiatum Gabb 1869 mud scallop | |
Malacostraca | |
? Ranina sp. Lamarck 1801 crab |