UCMP loc. 5051 San Clemente Creek, San Diego (Eocene of the United States)

Where: San Diego County, California (32.8° N, 117.2° W: paleocoordinates 33.5° N, 103.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Rose Canyon Member (La Jolla Formation), Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. A. Hanna. 1927. An Eocene invertebrate fauna from the La Jolla Quadrangle, California . University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 16(8):247-398 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 122663: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 05.01.2012, edited by Jonathan Marcot

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella buwaldana
Turritella buwaldana Dickerson 1916 turret shell
 Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Mitra clementensis n. sp.
Mitra clementensis n. sp. Hanna 1927 mitre shell
 Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae
Surcula decipiens
Surcula decipiens Cooper 1894 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Vitrinellidae
Vitrinella minutastriata n. sp.
Vitrinella minutastriata n. sp. Hanna 1927 snail
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Noetiidae
"Arca eba" = Arcopsis (Arcopsis) eba
"Arca eba" = Arcopsis (Arcopsis) eba Hanna 1927 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Macrocallista tecolotensis, Pitaria sorrentoensis n. sp.
Macrocallista tecolotensis Hanna 1927 venus clam
Pitaria sorrentoensis n. sp. Hanna 1927 venus clam
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Dendrophyllia dudleyi n. sp.
Dendrophyllia dudleyi n. sp. Hanna 1927 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Turbinoliidae
"Balanophyllia imbulata n. sp." = Turbinolia imbulata
"Balanophyllia imbulata n. sp." = Turbinolia imbulata Hanna 1927 stony coral