UCR loc. 4952 (Eocene of the United States)
Where: San Diego County, California (32.8° N, 117.2° W: paleocoordinates 33.5° N, 103.2° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Ardath Formation (La Jolla Group), Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: deep subtidal shelf; shale
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: C. R. Givens. 1994. Occurrence of the Rare Genus Anapteris (Bivalvia: Corbulidae) in the Eocene of California. Journal of Paleontology 68(1):168-171 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 214593: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 09.10.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda | |
Scaphander sp. Monfort 1810 snail | |
? Cerithiopsis sp. Hanley 1849 snail | |
"Polinices (Euspira) sp." = Euspira, "Natica (Naticarius) sp." = Naticarius
"Polinices (Euspira) sp." = Euspira Agassiz 1837 moon snail
"Natica (Naticarius) sp." = Naticarius Dumeril 1806 moon snail | |
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell | |
Terebra sp. Bruguière 1789 auger snail | |
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell | |
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell | |
Bivalvia | |
Corbula (Caryocorbula) sp., "Anapteris wardii" = Corbula wardii
Corbula (Caryocorbula) sp. Gardner 1926 clam
"Anapteris wardii" = Corbula wardii Hanna 1927 clam | |
Macoma sp. Leach 1819 tellin clam | |
Pitar (Lamelliconcha) sp. Dall 1902 venus clam | |
Solena sp. Mörch 1853 clam | |
Glycymeris sp. Da Costa 1778 clam | |
Brachidontes sp. Swainson 1840 mussel |