Where: Kern County, California (35.5° N, 119.8° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 40.0° N, 106.2° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Wygal Sandstone Member (Temblor Formation), Late/Upper Oligocene (28.4 - 23.0 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Wygal Sst Mbr which regionally overlies the Cymric Shale and is overlain by the Santos Shale of the lower (type) Temblor Fm (Late Oligocene-Middle Miocene). Collection from base of member, where it unconformably overlies the Eocene Point of Rocks Sandstone. THICKNESS: From bed of unknown thickness within member that ranges between 20 and 40 ft in thickness. AGE: Late Oligocene; lower Zemorian foraminiferal staghe, Blakeley molluscan stage. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position within member.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; lithified, shelly/skeletal sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the UCMP, USNM
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTORS: W. O. Addicott (1967). REPOSITORY: USGS, USNM and UCMP amongst other collections.
Primary reference: W. O. Addicott. 1973. Oligocene molluscan biostratigraphy and paleontology of the Lower Part of the type Temblor Formation, California. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 791:1-48 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 72407: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 02.06.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Cerithiidae indet. Fleming 1822 cerith snail | |
Bruclarkia seattlensis Durham 1944 snail | |
Ficus cf. modesta Conrad 1848 fig shell | |
Sinum cf. scopulosum Conrad 1849 moon snail | |
Tegula "n. sp." Lesson 1835 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Tellina (Tellinella) tenuilineata, Tellina (Olcesia) piercei, Tellina (Oudardia) emacerata, ? Tellina cf. vancouverensis, "Tellina cf. townsendensis" = Tellina (Elliptotellina) townsendensis, "Heteromacoma rostellata" = Psammotreta (Leporimetis) rostellata, "Macoma arctata" = Macoma (Psammacoma) arctata
Tellina (Tellinella) tenuilineata Clark 1918 tellin clam
Tellina (Olcesia) piercei Arnold 1909 tellin clam
Tellina (Oudardia) emacerata Conrad 1849 tellin clam
? Tellina cf. vancouverensis Clark and Arnold 1923 tellin clam
"Tellina cf. townsendensis" = Tellina (Elliptotellina) townsendensis Clark 1925 tellin clam
"Heteromacoma rostellata" = Psammotreta (Leporimetis) rostellata Clark 1918 tellin clam
"Macoma arctata" = Macoma (Psammacoma) arctata Conrad 1849 tellin clam | |
"Spisula cf. albaria" = Mactromeris albaria
"Spisula cf. albaria" = Mactromeris albaria Conrad 1848 clam | |
Dosinia (Dosinia) whitneyi Gabb 1866 venus clam
Amiantis "n. sp." Carpenter 1863 venus clam
Amiantis mathewsoni Gabb 1866 venus clam
Clementia (Egesta) pertenuis Gabb 1864 venus clam | |
"Solen aff. gravidus" = Solena (Plectosolen) gravidus
"Solen aff. gravidus" = Solena (Plectosolen) gravidus Clark 1918 clam | |
Panopea ramonensis Clark 1925 clam | |
Miltha (Miltha) sanctaecrucis Arnold 1909 clam
Lucinoma acutilineata Conrad 1849 clam
Here excavata Carpenter 1857 clam | |
"Crenomytilus cf. arnoldi" = Mytilus (Mytilus) arnoldi
"Crenomytilus cf. arnoldi" = Mytilus (Mytilus) arnoldi Clark 1918 mussel | |
"Crassostrea eldridgei" = Crenostrea eldridgei
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Anadara (Anadara) submontereyana Clark 1918 ark | |
Yoldia (Kalayoldia) tenuissima Clark 1918 clam | |
Scaphopoda | |
"Dentalium laneensis" = Dentalium (Fissidentalium) laneensis
"Dentalium laneensis" = Dentalium (Fissidentalium) laneensis Hickman 1969 tusk shell |