Also known as USGS 14637; W455
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: Graciosa Member (Careaga Sandstone Formation), Gelasian (2.6 - 1.8 Ma)
• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From the Graciosa 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 207712: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 27.01.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Macoma cf. nasuta kelseyi tellin clam | |
Gastropoda | |
""Nassa" moraniana" = Caesia moraniana
""Nassa" moraniana" = Caesia moraniana Martin 1914 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
"Protothaca staleyi" = Leukoma staleyi, Saxidomus cf. nuttalli
"Protothaca staleyi" = Leukoma staleyi Gabb 1866 venus clam
Saxidomus cf. nuttalli Conrad 1837 venus clam | |
"Ostrea cf. vespertina" = Dendostrea vespertina
"Ostrea cf. vespertina" = Dendostrea vespertina Conrad 1855 oyster |