Tecolote Creek (Pleistocene of the United States)

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

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Poorly sorted, coarse and well consolidated sand, which weathers dark brown. LITHIFICATION: Poorly lithified, on the basis of facies description.

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

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for molluscs. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, with somewhat antiquated nomenclature, and species-resolution identifications.
Polyplacophora
 Neoloricata - Ischnochitonidae
"Lepidochitona keepiana" = Cyanoplax keepiana
"Lepidochitona keepiana" = Cyanoplax keepiana Berry 1948 keep's chiton
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Tegulidae
 Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Diodora arnoldi2 McLean 1966 snail
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crucibulum spinosum Conrad 1855 slipper shell
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Alabina cf. io cerith snail
Alabina tenuisculpta Carpenter 1864 cerith snail
 Cerithioidea - Potamididae
"Cerithidea californica" = Cerithideopsis californica
"Cerithidea californica" = Cerithideopsis californica Haldeman 1840 horn snail
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
"Olivella baetica" = Callianax baetica
"Olivella baetica" = Callianax baetica Carpenter 1864 olive snail
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
"Nassarius tegula" = Phrontis tegula
"Nassarius tegula" = Phrontis tegula Reeve 1853 snail
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
 Neogastropoda - Mangeliidae
"Mangelia barbarensis" = Kurtziella (Kurtziella) plumbea
"Mangelia barbarensis" = Kurtziella (Kurtziella) plumbea Hinds 1843 snail
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
"Ocenebra cf. barbarensis" = Paciocinebrina barbarensis, "Ocenebra foveolata" = Paciocinebrina foveolata, Eupleura muriciformis, Phyllonotus radix, "Morula lugubris" = Mexacanthina lugubris
"Ocenebra cf. barbarensis" = Paciocinebrina barbarensis Gabb 1865 murex snail
"Ocenebra foveolata" = Paciocinebrina foveolata Hinds 1844 murex snail
Eupleura muriciformis Broderip 1833 murex snail
Phyllonotus radix murex snail
SUBSPECIES: Phyllonotus radix negritus
"Morula lugubris" = Mexacanthina lugubris Sowerby I 1822 murex snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Littorinidae
"Littorina scutulata" = Littorina (Littorina) scutulata
"Littorina scutulata" = Littorina (Littorina) scutulata Gould 1849 periwinkle
 Sorbeoconcha - Cerithiopsidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Triphoridae
"Triphora pedroana" = Monophorus pedroanus
"Triphora pedroana" = Monophorus pedroanus Bartsch 1907 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Caecidae
"Micranellum crebricinctum" = Caecum crebricinctum, Caecum californicum
"Micranellum crebricinctum" = Caecum crebricinctum Carpenter 1864 snail
Caecum californicum Dall 1885 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Assimineidae
"Syncera translucens" = Assiminea translucens
"Syncera translucens" = Assiminea translucens Carpenter 1864 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Procerithiidae
"Bittium interfossa" = Lirobittium interfossum
"Bittium interfossa" = Lirobittium interfossum Carpenter 1864 snail
 Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Turbonilla aepynota Dall and Bartsch 1909 snail
 Heterostropha - Ellobiidae
Pedipes unisulcatus Cooper 1867 snail
Melampus olivaceus Carpenter 1857 snail
 Opisthobranchia - Bullidae
Bulla gouldiana Pilsbry 1895 snail
 Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
"Retusa harpa" = Acteocina harpa Dall 1871 barrel-bubble
Acteocina cf. culcitella Gould 1853 barrel-bubble
 Patellida - Lottiidae
"Acmaea insessa" = Lottia insessa, "Acmaea limatula" = Lottia limatula
"Acmaea insessa" = Lottia insessa Hinds 1842 limpet
"Acmaea limatula" = Lottia limatula Carpenter 1864 limpet
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
"Glycymeris subobsoleta" = Glycymeris septentrionalis
"Glycymeris subobsoleta" = Glycymeris septentrionalis Middendorf 1849 clam
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia peruviana d'Orbigny 1846 jingle
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Argopecten ventricosus1 Sowerby 1842 calico scallop
"Pecten latiauratus" = Leptopecten latiauratus Conrad 1837 scallop
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea cf. lurida Carpenter 1864 oyster
Ostrea angelica Rochebrune 1895 oyster
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Septifer bifurcatus Conrad 1837 mussel
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
"Lucina approximata" = Liralucina approximata, "Lucina nuttalli" = Lucinisca nuttalli
"Lucina approximata" = Liralucina approximata Dall 1901 clam
"Lucina nuttalli" = Lucinisca nuttalli Conrad 1837 clam
 Pholadida - Pholadidae
Zirfaea pilsbryi Lowe 1931 clam
 Pholadida - Myidae
Cryptomya californica Conrad 1837 softshell clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
"Corbula luteola" = Caryocorbula luteola
"Corbula luteola" = Caryocorbula luteola Carpenter 1864 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Petricola parallela" = Petricola (Petricolaria) parallela, "Chione gnidia" = Chionopsis gnidia, "Chione cortezi" = Chionista fluctifraga, Chione californiensis, "Protothaca staminea" = Leukoma staminea
"Petricola parallela" = Petricola (Petricolaria) parallela Pilsbry and Lowe 1932 venus clam
"Chione gnidia" = Chionopsis gnidia Broderip and Sowerby I 1829 venus clam
"Chione cortezi" = Chionista fluctifraga Sowerby 1853 venus clam
Chione californiensis Broderip and Sowerby I 1835 venus clam
"Protothaca staminea" = Leukoma staminea Conrad 1837 venus clam
 Cardiida - Ungulinidae
"Diplodonta serricata" = Diplodonta (Felaniella) sericata
"Diplodonta serricata" = Diplodonta (Felaniella) sericata Reeve 1850 clam
 Cardiida - Mactridae
"Mactra cf. californica" = Mactrotoma californica
"Mactra cf. californica" = Mactrotoma californica Conrad 1837 surfclam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
"Cardium cf. biangulatum" = Ctenocardia biangulata, "Cardium procerum" = Mexicardia procera, "Cardium quadragenarium" = Dallocardia quadragenarium
"Cardium cf. biangulatum" = Ctenocardia biangulata Broderip and Sowerby 1829 cockle
"Cardium procerum" = Mexicardia procera Sowerby 1833 cockle
"Cardium quadragenarium" = Dallocardia quadragenarium Conrad 1837 cockle
 Cardiida - Solecurtidae
"Tagelus californianus" = Tagelus (Tagelus) californianus
"Tagelus californianus" = Tagelus (Tagelus) californianus Conrad 1837 clam
 Cardiida - Donacidae
"Donax californica" = Donax (Paradonax) californicus
"Donax californica" = Donax (Paradonax) californicus Conrad 1837 clam
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
"Tellina cf. idae" = Idatellina idae, "Macoma pacis" = Psammotreta (Psammotreta) viridotincta, "Tellina meropsis" = Tampaella meropsis, "Macoma yoldiformis" = Macoploma yoldiformis, "Macoma acolasta" = Macoploma acolasta
"Tellina cf. idae" = Idatellina idae Dall 1891 tellin clam
"Macoma pacis" = Psammotreta (Psammotreta) viridotincta Carpenter 1856 tellin clam
"Tellina meropsis" = Tampaella meropsis Dall 1900 tellin clam
"Macoma yoldiformis" = Macoploma yoldiformis Carpenter 1864 tellin clam
"Macoma acolasta" = Macoploma acolasta Dall 1921 tellin clam
 Cardiida - Semelidae
"Semele quentinensis" = Semele (Semele) pulchra
"Semele quentinensis" = Semele (Semele) pulchra Sowerby I 1832 clam
 Solenida - Pharidae
Siliqua lucida Conrad 1837 clam
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassinella nuculiformis Berry 1940 clam
"Crassinella branneri" = Crassinella pacifica Adams 1852 clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
"Nucula exigua" = Nucula (Lamellinucula) exigua Sowerby 1833 nut clam