Woodring Loc. 194 - Purisima Hills [Careaga Sandstone] (Pleistocene of the United States)

Also known as USGS 14738; B166

Where: Santa Barbara County, California (34.7° N, 120.4° W: paleocoordinates 34.6° 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

• PALEOENVIRONMENT: Established on the basis of faunal composition.
• LITHOLOGY: Fine-grained sandstone. LITHIFICATION: Assumed poorly lithified on the basis of figured specimens.

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 207659: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 26.01.2020

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for macrofossils. NOMENCLATURE: Somewhat antiquated nomenclature.
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella cooperi Carpenter 1864 turret shell
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
""Nassa" moraniana" = Caesia moraniana
""Nassa" moraniana" = Caesia moraniana Martin 1914 snail
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
Megasurcula carpenteriana Gabb 1866 turrid
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
"Neverita reclusiana" = Glossaulax reclusiana
"Neverita reclusiana" = Glossaulax reclusiana Deshayes 1839 moon snail
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Saccella taphria Dall 1896 pointed nut clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Parvilucina cf. tenuisculpta Carpenter 1864 clam