Also known as USGS 14672; R133
Where: Santa Barbara County, California (34.9° N, 120.5° W: paleocoordinates 34.7° N, 119.8° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Cebada Member (Careaga Sandstone Formation), Gelasian (2.6 - 1.8 Ma)
• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From the Cebada Member of the Careaga Sandstone, which overlies the Foxen Mudstone (mid-late Pliocene) and underlies the Paso Robles Fm (Pleistocene). AGE: Late Pliocene, on the basis of foraminiferal and macrofossil biostratigraphy.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; poorly lithified, silty sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collected by W. Woodring; reposited in the USNM
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTORS: Not reported, but assumed to be W. Woodring. REPOSITORY: Smithsonian (USNM).
Primary reference: W. P. Woodring and M.N. Bramlette. 1950. Geology and paleontology of the Santa Maria District California. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 222:1-185 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/S. Ávila]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 207649: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 26.01.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Saccella taphria Dall 1896 pointed nut clam | |
Parvilucina cf. tenuisculpta Carpenter 1864 clam | |
"Panope cf. generosa" = Panopea generosa
"Panope cf. generosa" = Panopea generosa Gould 1850 clam | |
"Macoma cf. indentata" = Macoma (Rexithaerus) indentata
"Macoma cf. indentata" = Macoma (Rexithaerus) indentata Carpenter 1864 tellin clam | |
Anadara trilineata Conrad 1856 ark | |
"Volsella cf. capax" = Modiolus capax
"Volsella cf. capax" = Modiolus capax Conrad 1837 mussel |