USGS loc. 4475, Fugler Point: Pliocene, California

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Balanophyllia sp. Wood 1844
Nomland 1917
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Terebrataliidae
Terebratalia occidentalis (Dall 1871)
original and current combination Terebratella occidentalis
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Barbatia (Fugleria) pseudoillota n. sp. Reinhart 1937
Reinhart 1937
recombined as Barbatia pseudoillota
Arca (Arca) santamariensis n. sp. Reinhart 1937
Reinhart 1937
Arca (Arca) sisquocensis n. sp. Reinhart 1937
Reinhart 1937
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Semelidae
Cumingia californica Conrad 1837
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Leda taphria Dall 1896
recombined as Saccella taphria
Gastropoda - Eucyclidae
Thalotia caffea (Gabb 1865)
recombined as Turcica caffea
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Neverita recluziana (Deshayes 1839)
recombined as Glossaulax reclusiana
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Siphonaliidae
Searlesia portolaensis (Arnold 1908)
Carson 1925
recombined as Lirabuccinum portolaensis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Cancellaria elodiae n. sp. Carson 1926
Carson 1926
Cancellaria sanctaemariae n. sp. Carson 1926
Carson 1926
Cancellaria perrini n. sp. Carson 1926
Carson 1926
Cancellaria fergusoni Carson 1926
Carson 1926
Cancellaria fugleri n. sp. (Arnold 1907)
as Cancellaria crawfordiana fugleri, n. var.
Gastropoda - Ranellidae
Gyrineum lewisii n. sp. Carson 1926
Carson 1926
synonym of Argobuccinum mediocre
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Trochita radians Lamarck 1816
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:California County:Santa Barbara
Coordinates: 34.9° North, 120.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:34.7° North, 119.0° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Pliocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Pliocene
Age range of interval:5.33300 - 2.58000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Fernando
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Middle Fernando
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Fugler's Point; Fugler Point asphalt mine
Database number:122281
Authorizer:W. Kiessling, J. Marcot Enterer:U. Merkel, J. Marcot
Modifier:J. Marcot Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2011-12-20 23:39:09 Last modified:2024-04-20 14:23:16
Access level:the public Released:2011-12-20 23:39:09
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
67637. R. Arnold. 1908. New and characteristic species of fossil mollusks from the oil-bearing Tertiary formations of Santa Barbara County, California. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Contributions 50(4):419-436 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]

Secondary references:

70060 C. M. Carson. 1925. Some new species from the Pliocene of Southern California with a few changes in nomenclature. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 24(2):31-35 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]
75137 C. M. Carson. 1926. New molluscan species from the Californian Pliocene. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Science 25(2):49-62 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]
38923 J. O. Nomland. 1917. New fossil corals from the Pacific coast. University of California Publications in Geology 10(13):185-190 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]
71130 P. W. Reinhart. 1937. Three New Species of the Pelecypod Family Arcidae from the Pliocene of California. Journal of Paleontology 11(3):181-185 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]