Vista, Horizon 3 (Eocene of the United States)
Also known as UCR 4865
Where: San Diego County, California (33.2° N, 117.2° W: paleocoordinates 33.9° N, 103.2° W)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Delmar Formation (La Jolla Group), Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: peritidal; sandstone and siltstone
• interbedded sandstone, siltstone, and claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: C. R. Givens and M. P. Kennedy. 1976. Middle Eocene mollusks from northern San Diego County, California. Journal of Paleontology 50(5):954-975 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 200658: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 12.04.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Bivalvia | |
"Ostrea cf. idriaensis" = Acutostrea idriaensis
"Ostrea cf. idriaensis" = Acutostrea idriaensis Gabb 1869 oyster | |
"Corbula (Caryocorbula) domenginica" = Caryocorbula domenginica
"Corbula (Caryocorbula) domenginica" = Caryocorbula domenginica Vokes 1939 clam | |
| Anthozoa | |
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? Balanophyllia sp. Wood 1844 stony coral | |