Where: San Diego County, California (32.6° N, 117.2° W: paleocoordinates 32.6° N, 117.2° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unknown lithostratigraphic horizon. AGE: Late Pleistocene, on the basis of macrofossil biostratigraphy and stratigraphic position. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From conglomerate horizon within terrace deposits.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified, coarse-grained, shelly/skeletal, brown sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Kanakoff
• COLLECTOR: G.P. Kanakoff, c. 1950's. REPOSITORY: SDNHM (San Diego Natural History Museum).
Primary reference: W. K. Emerson and E. P. Chace. 1959. Pleistocene mollusks from Tecolote Creek, San Diego, California. Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History 7(21):335-346 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 96589: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 13.06.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Polyplacophora | |
"Lepidochitona keepiana" = Cyanoplax keepiana
"Lepidochitona keepiana" = Cyanoplax keepiana Berry 1948 keep's chiton | |
Bivalvia | |
"Nucula exigua" = Nucula (Lamellinucula) exigua
"Nucula exigua" = Nucula (Lamellinucula) exigua Sowerby 1833 nut clam | |
"Lucina approximata" = Liralucina approximata, "Lucina nuttalli" = Lucinisca nuttalli
"Lucina approximata" = Liralucina approximata Dall 1901 clam
"Lucina nuttalli" = Lucinisca nuttalli Conrad 1837 clam | |
Siliqua lucida Conrad 1837 clam | |
"Cardium quadragenarium" = Dallocardia quadragenarium, "Cardium procerum" = Mexicardia procera, "Cardium cf. biangulatum" = Ctenocardia biangulata
"Cardium quadragenarium" = Dallocardia quadragenarium Conrad 1837 cockle
"Cardium procerum" = Mexicardia procera Sowerby 1833 cockle
"Cardium cf. biangulatum" = Ctenocardia biangulata Broderip and Sowerby 1829 cockle | |
"Donax californica" = Donax (Paradonax) californicus
"Donax californica" = Donax (Paradonax) californicus Conrad 1837 clam | |
"Macoma yoldiformis" = Macoploma yoldiformis, "Macoma acolasta" = Macoploma acolasta, "Tellina meropsis" = Tampaella meropsis, "Tellina cf. idae" = Idatellina idae, "Macoma pacis" = Psammotreta (Psammotreta) viridotincta
"Macoma yoldiformis" = Macoploma yoldiformis Carpenter 1864 tellin clam
"Macoma acolasta" = Macoploma acolasta Dall 1921 tellin clam
"Tellina meropsis" = Tampaella meropsis Dall 1900 tellin clam
"Tellina cf. idae" = Idatellina idae Dall 1891 tellin clam
"Macoma pacis" = Psammotreta (Psammotreta) viridotincta Carpenter 1856 tellin clam | |
"Semele quentinensis" = Semele (Semele) pulchra
"Semele quentinensis" = Semele (Semele) pulchra Sowerby I 1832 clam | |
"Tagelus californianus" = Tagelus (Tagelus) californianus
"Tagelus californianus" = Tagelus (Tagelus) californianus Conrad 1837 clam | |
"Mactra cf. californica" = Mactrotoma californica
"Mactra cf. californica" = Mactrotoma californica Conrad 1837 surfclam | |
"Diplodonta serricata" = Diplodonta (Felaniella) sericata
"Diplodonta serricata" = Diplodonta (Felaniella) sericata Reeve 1850 clam | |
"Petricola parallela" = Petricola (Petricolaria) parallela, "Chione gnidia" = Chionopsis gnidia, Chione californiensis, "Protothaca staminea" = Leukoma staminea, "Chione cortezi" = Chionista fluctifraga
"Petricola parallela" = Petricola (Petricolaria) parallela Pilsbry and Lowe 1932 venus clam
"Chione gnidia" = Chionopsis gnidia Broderip and Sowerby I 1829 venus clam
Chione californiensis Broderip and Sowerby I 1835 venus clam
"Protothaca staminea" = Leukoma staminea Conrad 1837 venus clam
"Chione cortezi" = Chionista fluctifraga Sowerby 1853 venus clam | |
Cryptomya californica Conrad 1837 softshell clam | |
"Corbula luteola" = Caryocorbula luteola
"Corbula luteola" = Caryocorbula luteola Carpenter 1864 clam | |
Zirfaea pilsbryi Lowe 1931 clam | |
"Crassinella branneri" = Crassinella pacifica, Crassinella nuculiformis
"Crassinella branneri" = Crassinella pacifica Adams 1852 clam
Crassinella nuculiformis Berry 1940 clam | |
Septifer bifurcatus Conrad 1837 mussel | |
Anomia peruviana d'Orbigny 1846 jingle | |
"Pecten latiauratus" = Leptopecten latiauratus Conrad 1837 scallop | |
Ostrea cf. lurida Carpenter 1864 oyster
Ostrea angelica Rochebrune 1895 oyster | |
"Glycymeris subobsoleta" = Glycymeris septentrionalis
"Glycymeris subobsoleta" = Glycymeris septentrionalis Middendorf 1849 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
"Tegula ligulata" = Tegula (Chlorostoma) ligulata
"Tegula ligulata" = Tegula (Chlorostoma) ligulata Menke 1850 top snail | |
Lucapinella callomarginata Dall 1872 snail | |
Crucibulum spinosum Conrad 1855 slipper shell | |
"Cerithidea californica" = Cerithideopsis californica
"Cerithidea californica" = Cerithideopsis californica Haldeman 1840 horn snail | |
Alabina cf. io cerith snail
Alabina tenuisculpta Carpenter 1864 cerith snail | |
"Micranellum crebricinctum" = Caecum crebricinctum, Caecum californicum
"Micranellum crebricinctum" = Caecum crebricinctum Carpenter 1864 snail
Caecum californicum Dall 1885 snail | |
"Syncera translucens" = Assiminea translucens
"Syncera translucens" = Assiminea translucens Carpenter 1864 snail | |
Anachis coronata snail | |
"Nassarius tegula" = Phrontis tegula
"Nassarius tegula" = Phrontis tegula Reeve 1853 snail | |
"Olivella baetica" = Callianax baetica
"Olivella baetica" = Callianax baetica Carpenter 1864 olive snail | |
"Morula lugubris" = Mexacanthina lugubris, "Phyllonotus radix" = Muricanthus radix, "Ocenebra cf. barbarensis" = Paciocinebrina barbarensis, "Ocenebra foveolata" = Paciocinebrina foveolata, Eupleura muriciformis
"Morula lugubris" = Mexacanthina lugubris Sowerby I 1822 murex snail
"Phyllonotus radix" = Muricanthus radix Gmelin 1791 murex snail SUBSPECIES: Phyllonotus radix negritus
"Ocenebra cf. barbarensis" = Paciocinebrina barbarensis Gabb 1865 murex snail
"Ocenebra foveolata" = Paciocinebrina foveolata Hinds 1844 murex snail
Eupleura muriciformis Broderip 1833 murex snail | |
"Mangelia barbarensis" = Kurtziella (Kurtziella) plumbea
"Mangelia barbarensis" = Kurtziella (Kurtziella) plumbea Hinds 1843 snail | |
"Triphora pedroana" = Monophorus pedroanus
"Triphora pedroana" = Monophorus pedroanus Bartsch 1907 snail | |
Cerithiopsis carpenteri Bartsch 1911 snail | |
"Littorina scutulata" = Littorina (Littorina) scutulata
"Littorina scutulata" = Littorina (Littorina) scutulata Gould 1849 periwinkle | |
"Bittium interfossa" = Lirobittium interfossum
"Bittium interfossa" = Lirobittium interfossum Carpenter 1864 snail | |
Pyramidella cf. adamsi snail
Odostomia fetella Dall and Bartsch 1909 snail
Turbonilla aepynota Dall and Bartsch 1909 snail | |
"Acmaea insessa" = Lottia insessa, "Acmaea limatula" = Lottia limatula
"Acmaea insessa" = Lottia insessa Hinds 1842 limpet
"Acmaea limatula" = Lottia limatula Carpenter 1864 limpet | |
"Retusa harpa" = Acteocina harpa Dall 1871 barrel-bubble
Acteocina cf. culcitella Gould 1853 barrel-bubble
Cylichnella attonsa snail | |
Bulla gouldiana Pilsbry 1895 snail |