UCMP loc. 458, Grapevine Creek (Eocene of the United States)

Also known as Old Fort Tejon

Where: Kern County, California (34.9° N, 118.9° W: paleocoordinates 34.5° N, 107.0° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Tejon Formation, Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; brown sandstone and gray shale

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Roy Cohn and R. E. Dickerson; reposited in the UCMP

Primary reference: R. E. Dickerson. 1915. Fauna of the Type Tejon: Its relation to the Cowlitz Phase of the Tejon Group of Washington. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 5(3):33-98 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 122340: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 21.12.2011, edited by Jonathan Marcot and Austin Hendy

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Dendrophyllia tejonensis n. sp.2 Nomland 1916 stony coral
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
"Glycimeris ruckmani n. sp." = Glycymeris (Tucetona) ruckmani
"Glycimeris ruckmani n. sp." = Glycymeris (Tucetona) ruckmani Dickerson 1915 clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia (Pacificor) hornii1 Gabb 1864 clam
subsp. hornii
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
"Crassatellites grandis" = Crassatella uvasana
"Crassatellites grandis" = Crassatella uvasana Conrad 1855 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
"Cardium brewerii" = Schedocardia brewerii2
"Cardium brewerii" = Schedocardia brewerii2 Gabb 1864 cockle
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Meretrix ovalis" = Cyclinella elevata, "Meretrix tejonensis" = Pitar uvasana, "Meretrix hornii" = Macrocallista (Costacallista) hornii, "Macrocallista conradiana" = Microcallista (Costacallista) conradiana
"Meretrix ovalis" = Cyclinella elevata Gabb 1864 venus clam
"Meretrix tejonensis" = Pitar uvasana Conrad 1855 venus clam
"Meretrix hornii" = Macrocallista (Costacallista) hornii Gabb 1864 venus clam
"Macrocallista conradiana" = Microcallista (Costacallista) conradiana Gabb 1864 venus clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
"Corbula hornii" = Caryocorbula hornii
"Corbula hornii" = Caryocorbula hornii Gabb 1864 clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucina nasuta Gabb 1864 clam
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium stramineum Gabb 1864 tusk shell
Gastropoda
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
"Calyptraea excentrica" = Calyptraea diegoana
"Calyptraea excentrica" = Calyptraea diegoana Conrad 1855 slipper shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae
"Ficopsis cowlitzensis" = Priscoficus cowlitzensis Weaver 1912 fig shell
Ficopsis remondii2 Gabb 1864 fig shell
Ficopsis hornii Gabb 1864 fig shell
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
"Perissolax blakei" = Pseudoperissolax blakei2
"Perissolax blakei" = Pseudoperissolax blakei2 Conrad 1855 murex snail
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
"Cancellaria stantoni" = Bonellitia (Admetula) paucivaricata
"Cancellaria stantoni" = Bonellitia (Admetula) paucivaricata Gabb 1864 snail
 Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae
"Surcula washingtoniana" = Turricula, Surcula cowlitzensis, Surcula uvasana n. sp.
"Surcula washingtoniana" = Turricula snail
Surcula cowlitzensis Weaver 1912 snail
Surcula uvasana n. sp. Dickerson 1915 snail
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus californiana Conrad 1855 cone shell
Conus cowlitzensis Weaver 1912 cone shell
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
Turris sp. Röding 1798 turrid
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Chrysodomus ruckmani Dickerson 1915 true whelk
Pseudoliva inornata n. sp. Dickerson 1915 true whelk
"Whitneya ficus" = Strepsidura ficus Gabb 1864 true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Pseudolividae
"Pseudoliva tejonensis" = Calorebama inornata, "Pseudoliva volutaeformis" = Calorebama volutaeformis
"Pseudoliva tejonensis" = Calorebama inornata Dickerson 1915 snail
"Pseudoliva volutaeformis" = Calorebama volutaeformis Gabb 1864 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
"Galeodea tuberculata" = Galeodea tuberculiformis
"Galeodea tuberculata" = Galeodea tuberculiformis Gabb 1864 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Ranellidae
"Nyctilochus kewi n. sp." = Ameranella kewi, "Nyctilochus californicus" = Gyrineum californicum, "Nyctilochus sp." = Cymatium, "Nyctilochus washingtoniana" = Cymatium
"Nyctilochus kewi n. sp." = Ameranella kewi Dickerson 1915 triton shell
"Nyctilochus californicus" = Gyrineum californicum Gabb 1869 triton shell
"Nyctilochus sp." = Cymatium Röding 1798 triton shell
as "Nyctilochus, n. sp."
"Nyctilochus washingtoniana" = Cymatium triton shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
"Amauropsis alveata" = Amaurellina moragai2, "Neverita secta" = Glossaulax reclusiana, "Lunatia hornii" = Polinices hornii
"Amauropsis alveata" = Amaurellina moragai2 Stewart 1927 moon snail
"Neverita secta" = Glossaulax reclusiana Deshayes 1839 moon snail
"Lunatia hornii" = Polinices hornii Gabb 1864 moon snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell
as "Turritella, n. sp."
Turritella uvasana2 Conrad 1855 turret shell