Also known as Woodring Loc. 168; W25b
Where: Santa Barbara County, California (34.9° N, 120.5° W: paleocoordinates 34.8° N, 119.9° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Cebada Member (Careaga Sandstone Formation), Gelasian (2.6 - 1.8 Ma)
• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From the Cebada Member of the Careaga Sandstone, which overlies the Foxen Mudstone (mid-late Pliocene) and underlies the Paso Robles Fm (Pleistocene). AGE: Late Pliocene, on the basis of foraminiferal and microfossil biostratigraphy.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; poorly lithified, silty sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collected by W. Woodring; reposited in the USNM
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTORS: Not reported, but assumed to be W. Woodring. REPOSITORY: Smithsonian (USNM).
Primary reference: W. P. Woodring and M.N. Bramlette. 1950. Geology and paleontology of the Santa Maria District California. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 222:1-185 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/S. Ávila]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 189559: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 31.10.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
"Volsella cf. capax" = Modiolus capax
"Volsella cf. capax" = Modiolus capax Conrad 1837 mussel | |
Lyropecten cf. cerrosensis Gabb 1866 scallop
"Pecten hemphilli" = Euvola bella Conrad 1856 scallop
Patinopecten ? healeyi Arnold 1906 scallop | |
"Panope cf. generosa" = Panopea generosa
"Panope cf. generosa" = Panopea generosa Gould 1850 clam |