Domengine Reef (Eocene of the United States)

Also known as CAS 30667

Where: Kern County, California (35.5° N, 119.9° W: paleocoordinates 35.7° N, 106.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Mabury Formation, Middle Eocene (47.8 - 37.7 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone

• Spiroglyphus sands

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. W. Durham. 1942. Reef corals from the California Middle Eocene. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 23(34):503-510 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 32907: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 18.07.2003, edited by Jonathan Marcot

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Astreopora sanjuanensis
Astreopora sanjuanensis Durham 1942 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Coeloria wellsi n. sp., Oulophyllia californica n. sp.
Coeloria wellsi n. sp. Durham 1942 stony coral
Oulophyllia californica n. sp. Durham 1942 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Favia hannai n. sp.
Favia hannai n. sp. Durham 1942 stony coral
Echinoidea
 Cassiduloida - Cassidulidae
"Rhynchopygus californicus" = Cassidulus (Rhynchopygus) californicus
"Rhynchopygus californicus" = Cassidulus (Rhynchopygus) californicus Anderson 1905 sea urchin
Polychaeta
  -
Spiroglyphus tinajasensis
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
"Turritella lawsoni" = Turritella andersoni lawsoni
"Turritella lawsoni" = Turritella andersoni lawsoni Dickerson 1916 turret shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Campanilidae
Campanilopa dilloni n. sp.
Campanilopa dilloni n. sp. Hanna and Hertlein 1949 snail
Podasteria
  -
Podasteria churchi n. sp.
Podasteria churchi n. sp. Durham 1942