UCR 4972 (Eocene of the United States)

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

• coordinate estimated from map

When: upper Member (Scripps Formation), Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; sandstone

• inner shelf

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: C. R. Givens and M. P. Kennedy. 1979. Eocene molluscan stages and their correlation, San Diego area, California. Pacific Section SEPM 1979:81-95 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 200744: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 15.04.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella uvasana Conrad 1855 turret shell
cf. neuroptera
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Tejonia cf. moragai Stewart 1927 moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae
Ficopsis remondii Gabb 1864 fig shell
cf. crescentensis
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Pseudoperissolax blakei Conrad 1855 murex snail
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
"Sassia cf. bilineata" = Fasciolaria bilineata
"Sassia cf. bilineata" = Fasciolaria bilineata Dickerson 1916 tulip snail
 Trochoidea - Solariellidae
Solariella crenulata Gabb 1864 snail
 Opisthobranchia - Philinidae
Megistostoma gabbianum Stoliczka 1868 snail
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
"Glycymeris cf. rosecanyonensis" = Glycymeris (Glycymeris) rosecanyonensis
"Glycymeris cf. rosecanyonensis" = Glycymeris (Glycymeris) rosecanyonensis Hanna 1927 clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
"Corbula parilis" = Caryocorbula parilis
"Corbula parilis" = Caryocorbula parilis Gabb 1864 clam
 Cardiida - Psammobiidae
"Gari hornii" = Gari (Gobraeus) hornii
"Gari hornii" = Gari (Gobraeus) hornii Gabb 1864 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Callista tecolotensis" = Macrocallista tecolotensis, Callista cf. soledadensis, "Pitar uvasanus" = Pitar uvasana
"Callista tecolotensis" = Macrocallista tecolotensis Hanna 1927 venus clam
Callista cf. soledadensis Hanna 1927 venus clam
"Pitar uvasanus" = Pitar uvasana Conrad 1855 venus clam
cf. uvasanus
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella uvasana Conrad 1855 clam
cf. semidentata