Where: California (35.9° N, 120.1° W: paleocoordinates 34.9° N, 113.9° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Temblor Formation, Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils
Primary reference: R. B. Stewart. 1946. Geology of Reef Ridge Coalinga district California. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 205C:81-115 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/J. Marcot]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 167645: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 27.03.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Gastropoda | |
Margarites ? sp., "Calliostoma (cf. Calliostoma) pacificum" = Homalopoma pacifica
Margarites ? sp. Gray 1847 snail
"Calliostoma (cf. Calliostoma) pacificum" = Homalopoma pacifica Anderson and Martin 1914 snail | |
Tegula ? sp. Lesson 1835 snail | |
? Niso antiselli Anderson and Martin 1914 snail | |
"Calyptraea (cf. Calyptraea) mamillaris" = Calyptraea mamillaris
"Calyptraea (cf. Calyptraea) mamillaris" = Calyptraea mamillaris Broderip 1834 slipper shell | |
Turritella ocoyana Conrad 1855 turret shell | |
"Oliva californica" = Oliva (Oliva) californica
"Oliva californica" = Oliva (Oliva) californica Anderson 1905 olive snail | |
Phos sp. Monfort 1810 true whelk | |
Bruclarkia sp. Trask 1926 snail | |
"Drillia temblorensis" = Ophiodermella temblorensis
"Drillia temblorensis" = Ophiodermella temblorensis Anderson and Martin 1914 turrid | |
Austrotrophon sp. Dall 1902 murex snail
Nucella sp. murex snail | |
"Crawfordina (cf. Crawfordina) weaveri" = Cancellaria (Crawfordina), "Progabbia sp." = Cancellaria (Progabbia), "Cancellaria (cf. Cancellaria) posunculensis" = Cancellaria (Coptostoma) posunculensis
"Crawfordina (cf. Crawfordina) weaveri" = Cancellaria (Crawfordina) snail
"Progabbia sp." = Cancellaria (Progabbia) Dall 1918 snail
"Cancellaria (cf. Cancellaria) posunculensis" = Cancellaria (Coptostoma) posunculensis Anderson and Martin 1914 snail | |
"Trophosycon nodiferum" = Ficus (Trophosycon) kerniana
"Trophosycon nodiferum" = Ficus (Trophosycon) kerniana Cooper 1894 fig shell | |
Neverita sp. Risso 1826 moon snail
Sinum (cf. Sinum) scopulosum Conrad 1849 moon snail | |
Acteon (cf. Acteon) boulderanus Etherington 1931 snail | |
"Cylichnina sp." = Retusa (Cylichnina)
"Cylichnina sp." = Retusa (Cylichnina) Monterasato 1884 snail | |
Acmaea sp. Eschscholtz 1830 limpet | |
Bivalvia | |
Anadara sp. Gray 1847 ark | |
Glycymeris sp. Da Costa 1778 clam | |
Anomia ? sp. Linnaeus 1758 jingle | |
"Vertipecten (cf. Vertipecten) nevadanus" = Vertipecten kernensis, "Aequipecten andersoni" = Pacipecten andersoni
"Vertipecten (cf. Vertipecten) nevadanus" = Vertipecten kernensis Hertlein 1925 scallop
"Aequipecten andersoni" = Pacipecten andersoni Arnold 1906 scallop | |
Atrina (cf. Atrina) alamedensis Yates in Cooper 1888 oyster | |
"Ostraea sp." = Ostrea
"Ostraea sp." = Ostrea Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
"Mytilus middendorffi" = Mytilus (Plicatomytilus) middendorffi
"Mytilus middendorffi" = Mytilus (Plicatomytilus) middendorffi Grewingk 1850 mussel | |
Lucinoma sp. Dall 1901 clam | |
Thracia sp. Blainville 1824 clam | |
Tivela (cf. Tivela) gabbi Clark 1915 venus clam
"Compsomyax sp." = Venerella (Compsomyax) Stewart 1930 venus clam
Dosinia sp. Scopoli 1777 venus clam
Chione sp. von Mühlfield 1811 venus clam | |
"Spisula (cf. Spisula) catilliformis" = Mactromeris catilliformis, Spisula sp.
"Spisula (cf. Spisula) catilliformis" = Mactromeris catilliformis Conrad 1867 clam
Spisula sp. Gray 1837 clam | |
"Tellina idae" = Idatellina idae, Tellina oregonensis, "Macoma (cf. Macoma) copelandi" = Macoma (Rexithaerus) copelandi
"Tellina idae" = Idatellina idae Dall 1891 tellin clam
Tellina oregonensis Conrad 1848 tellin clam
"Macoma (cf. Macoma) copelandi" = Macoma (Rexithaerus) copelandi Wiedey 1928 tellin clam | |
"Acila conradi" = Acila (Truncacila) conradi, Nucula (cf. Nucula) washingtonensis
"Acila conradi" = Acila (Truncacila) conradi Meek 1864 divaricate nutclam
Nucula (cf. Nucula) washingtonensis Weaver 1916 nut clam | |
"Sacella sp." = Saccella
"Sacella sp." = Saccella Woodring 1925 pointed nut clam | |
"Kalayoldia sp." = Yoldia (Kalayoldia)
"Kalayoldia sp." = Yoldia (Kalayoldia) Grant, IV and Gale 1931 clam | |
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Terebratalia sp. Beecher 1893 | |
Echinoidea | |
"Astrodapsis ? merriami" = Scutella merriami
"Astrodapsis ? merriami" = Scutella merriami Anderson 1905 sand dollar |