Camino Diablo Road (Eocene to of the United States)

Where: Contra Costa County, California (37.9° N, 121.8° W: paleocoordinates 38.2° N, 108.5° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Kellogg Formation, Lutetian to Lutetian (47.8 - 38.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; shale

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. A. Barron, D. Bukry, and R. Z. Poore. 1984. Correlation of the middle Eocene Kellogg Shale of northern California. Micropaleontology 30(2):138-170 [M. Uhen/B. Shipps/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 201733: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 24.05.2019

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Taxonomic list

Chrysophyceae
 Phytomastigophora - Dictyochaceae
Corbisema exilis n. sp. Barron et al. 1984
Corbisema hastata miranda n. ssp. Barron et al. 1984
Corbisema inermis ballantina n. ssp. Barron et al. 1984
Corbisema regina n. sp. Barron et al. 1984
Corbisema angularis n. sp. Barron et al. 1984
Naviculopsis americana n. sp. Barron et al. 1984
Dictyocha byronalis n. sp. Barron et al. 1984
Helicosphaera
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Helicosphaera neolophota n. sp. Barron et al. 1984