Where: Kern County, California (34.9° N, 118.9° W: paleocoordinates 35.7° N, 104.8° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Tejon Formation, Eocene (56.0 - 33.9 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marginal marine; brown sandstone and gray shale
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Roy Cohn and R. E. Dickerson
Primary reference: R. E. Dickerson. 1915. Fauna of the Type Tejon: Its relation to the Cowlitz Phase of the Tejon Group of Washington. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 5(3):33-98 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 207123: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 27.12.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Scaphopoda | |
"Cadulus pusillus" = Cadulus (Platyschides) gabbi
"Cadulus pusillus" = Cadulus (Platyschides) gabbi Sharp and Pilsbry 1898 tusk shell | |
Gastropoda | |
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"Pseudoliva volutaeformis" = Calorebama volutaeformis
"Pseudoliva volutaeformis" = Calorebama volutaeformis Gabb 1864 snail | |
"Whitneya ficus" = Strepsidura ficus
"Whitneya ficus" = Strepsidura ficus Gabb 1864 true whelk | |
Surcula cowlitzensis Weaver 1912 snail | |
Conus hornii Gabb 1864 cone shell | |
"Ancillaria elongata" = Ancilla (Spirancilla) gabbi
"Ancillaria elongata" = Ancilla (Spirancilla) gabbi Cossman 1899 snail | |
"Rimella simplex" = Rimella supraplicata
"Rimella simplex" = Rimella supraplicata Gabb 1864 true conch | |
"Amauropsis alveata" = Amaurellina moragai, "Lunatia nuciformis" = Polinices (Euspira) nuciformis, "Neverita secta" = Glossaulax reclusiana, Naticina obliqua
"Amauropsis alveata" = Amaurellina moragai Stewart 1927 moon snail
"Lunatia nuciformis" = Polinices (Euspira) nuciformis Gabb 1864 moon snail
"Neverita secta" = Glossaulax reclusiana Deshayes 1839 moon snail
Naticina obliqua Gabb 1864 moon snail | |
Bivalvia | |
"Leda gabbi" = Nuculana (Saccella) gabbii
"Leda gabbi" = Nuculana (Saccella) gabbii Conrad 1866 pointed nut clam | |
"Cardium brewerii" = Schedocardia brewerii, "Cardium cf. olequahensis" = Schedocardia olequahensis
"Cardium brewerii" = Schedocardia brewerii Gabb 1864 cockle
"Cardium cf. olequahensis" = Schedocardia olequahensis Weaver 1912 cockle | |
"Psammobia hornii" = Gari (Gobraeus) hornii
"Psammobia hornii" = Gari (Gobraeus) hornii Gabb 1864 clam | |
"Spisula merriami" = Mactromeris merriami
"Spisula merriami" = Mactromeris merriami Packard 1916 clam | |
"Macrocallista conradiana" = Microcallista (Costacallista) conradiana, "Meretrix hornii" = Callista (Costacallista) hornii, "Meretrix tejonensis" = Pitar uvasana, "Dosinia elevata" = Cyclinella elevata, "Meretrix ovalis" = Cyclinella elevata
"Macrocallista conradiana" = Microcallista (Costacallista) conradiana Gabb 1864 venus clam
"Meretrix hornii" = Callista (Costacallista) hornii Gabb 1864 venus clam
"Meretrix tejonensis" = Pitar uvasana Conrad 1855 venus clam
"Dosinia elevata" = Cyclinella elevata Gabb 1864 venus clam
"Meretrix ovalis" = Cyclinella elevata Gabb 1864 venus clam | |
"Corbula hornii" = Caryocorbula hornii
"Corbula hornii" = Caryocorbula hornii Gabb 1864 clam | |
"Glycimeris sagittata" = Glycymerita sagittata
"Glycimeris sagittata" = Glycymerita sagittata Gabb 1864 clam |