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

Gastropoda
 Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Scaphander sp. Monfort 1810 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Cerithiopsidae
? Cerithiopsis sp. Hanley 1849 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
"Polinices (Euspira) sp." = Euspira, "Natica (Naticarius) sp." = Naticarius
"Polinices (Euspira) sp." = Euspira Agassiz 1837 moon snail
"Natica (Naticarius) sp." = Naticarius Dumeril 1806 moon snail
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell
 Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Terebra sp. Bruguière 1789 auger snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell
Bivalvia
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula (Caryocorbula) sp. Gardner 1926 clam
"Anapteris wardii" = Corbula wardii Hanna 1927 clam
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Macoma sp. Leach 1819 tellin clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Pitar (Lamelliconcha) sp. Dall 1902 venus clam
 Solenida - Solenidae
Solena sp. Mörch 1853 clam
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris sp. Da Costa 1778 clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Brachidontes sp. Swainson 1840 mussel