Where: Solano County, California (38.5° N, 122.0° W: paleocoordinates 40.1° N, 107.5° W)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Markley Formation, Middle Eocene (47.8 - 37.7 Ma)
• This locality embraces four separate localities within a stratigraphic thickness of 300 feet.
Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Reposited in the UCMP
Primary reference: B. L. Clark. 1938. Fauna from the Markley Formation (Upper Eocene) on Pleasant Creek, California . Bulletin of the Geological Society of America 49:683-730 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 191189: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 14.01.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Benoistia californica Clark 1938 snail | |
Elimia dickersoni Clark 1938 snail | |
Nekewis io Gabb 1864 snail | |
? Fusinus markleyensis n. sp.
? Fusinus markleyensis n. sp. Clark 1938 snail | |
"Molopophorus tejonensis" = Molopophorus cretaceus
"Molopophorus tejonensis" = Molopophorus cretaceus Gabb 1864 snail | |
"Neverita secta" = Glossaulax reclusiana
"Neverita secta" = Glossaulax reclusiana Deshayes 1839 moon snail |