UCMP 714, Riggs Canyon: Bartonian, California
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Dendrophylliidae
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Balanophyllia variabilis n. sp.
Nomland 1916
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Venericardia planicosta
Lamarck 1801
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Dickerson 1916 | |||||||||
| recombined as Venericor planicosta | ||||||||||
| as Venericardia planicosta hornii | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Cardium cooperii
Gabb 1864
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Dickerson 1916 | |||||||||
| synonym of Nemocardium (Nemocardium) linteum | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Meretrix hornii
Gabb 1864
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Dickerson 1916 | |||||||||
| recombined as Callista (Costacallista) hornii | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella uvasana
Conrad 1855
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Dickerson 1916 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | California | County: | Contra Costa |
| Coordinates: | 37.8° North, 121.9° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 37.4° North, 109.8° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Bartonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 3 |
| Key time interval: | Bartonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 41.20000 - 37.71000 m.y. ago |
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
| Database number: | 122336 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling, J. Marcot | Enterer: | U. Merkel, J. Marcot |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-12-21 20:18:02 | Last modified: | 2017-04-21 00:12:18 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2012-12-21 20:18:02 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 38924. | J. O. Nomland. 1916. Corals from the Cretaceous and Tertiary of California and Oregon. University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geology 9(5):59-76 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/P. Holroyd] |
Secondary references:
| 72885 | R. E. Dickerson. 1916. Stratigraphy and fauna of the Tejon Eocene of California. University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geology 9(17):363-524 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot] |