Also known as AB170622, Careaga Sandstone, Shuman Cut
Where: Santa Maria County, California (34.9° N, 120.5° W: paleocoordinates 34.8° N, 119.9° W)
When: Cebada Member (Careaga Sandstone Formation), Gelasian (2.6 - 1.8 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified sandstone
•fine-grained massive gray to yellow sand.
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils
Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite
Collected by Alexandra Buczek, Austin Hendy in 2017; reposited in the LACM
Collection methods: bulk,
Primary reference: A. Buczek, A. Hendy, M. Hopkins and J. Sessa. 2020. On the reconciliation of biostratigraphy and strontium isotope stratigraphy of three southern Californian Plio-Pleistocene formations. Geological Society America Bulletin 133(1-2):100-114 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/J. Marcot]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 214287: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Alexandra Buczek on 22.09.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Echinoidea | |
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Dendraster ashleyi Arnold 1907 sand dollar | |
| Thecostraca | |
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Balanidae indet. Leach 1817 barnacle | |
| Malacostraca | |
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Decapoda indet. Latreille 1802 decapod | |
| Gastropoda | |
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Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
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Crepidula princeps Conrad 1855 slipper shell
Calyptraea contorta Carpenter 1864 slipper shell | |
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Turritella cooperi Carpenter 1864 turret shell | |
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Lirobittium casmaliense Bartsch 1911 snail | |
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Glossaulax reclusiana Deshayes 1839 moon snail | |
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Ophiodermella halcyonis turrid | |
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Nucella sp. murex snail
Paciocinebrina foveolata Hinds 1844 murex snail
Forreria wrighti murex snail | |
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Callianax baetica Carpenter 1864 olive snail
Callianax biplicata Sowerby 1825 olive snail | |
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Cancellaria arnoldi Dall 1909 snail | |
"Caesia californianus" = Nassarius (Caesia)
"Caesia californianus" = Nassarius (Caesia) snail | |
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Mitrella tuberosa Carpenter 1864 snail | |
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Puncturella cooperi Carpenter 1864 puncturella | |
"Chlorostoma funebralis" = Chlorostoma funebrale, Calliostoma ligatum
"Chlorostoma funebralis" = Chlorostoma funebrale Adams 1855 top snail
Calliostoma ligatum Gould 1849 top snail | |
Megastraea undosa, "Homalopoma luridum" = Homalopoma (Homalopoma) luridum
Megastraea undosa Wood 1828 snail
"Homalopoma luridum" = Homalopoma (Homalopoma) luridum Dall 1885 snail | |
| Bivalvia | |
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Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
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Dendostrea vespertina Conrad 1855 oyster | |
"Pododesmus macrochisma" = Pododesmus (Monia) macrochisma
"Pododesmus macrochisma" = Pododesmus (Monia) macrochisma Deshayes 1839 scallop | |
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Anadara trilineata Conrad 1856 ark | |
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Glycymeris septentrionalis Middendorf 1849 clam | |
"Mya truncata" = Mya (Mya) truncata
"Mya truncata" = Mya (Mya) truncata Linnaeus 1758 softshell clam | |
"Nemocardium centifilosum" = Nemocardium (Keenaea) centifilosum, "Clinocardium nuttalli" = Clinocardium (Clinocardium) nuttallii
"Nemocardium centifilosum" = Nemocardium (Keenaea) centifilosum Carpenter 1864 cockle
"Clinocardium nuttalli" = Clinocardium (Clinocardium) nuttallii Conrad 1837 cockle | |
"Gari fucata" = Gari (Gobraeus) fucata
"Gari fucata" = Gari (Gobraeus) fucata Hinds 1845 clam | |
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Macoma nasuta Conrad 1837 tellin clam | |
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"Tivela stultorum" = Tivela (Pachydesma) stultorum Mawe 1823 venus clam
Dosinia ponderosa Gray 1838 venus clam
Leukoma staleyi Gabb 1866 venus clam | |
"Tresus nuttalli" = Tresus nuttallii
"Tresus nuttalli" = Tresus nuttallii Conrad 1837 clam | |
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Solen sicarius Gould 1850 clam | |
"Cyclocardia californica" = Coanicardita californica
"Cyclocardia californica" = Coanicardita californica Dall 1903 clam | |