UCMP 1557: Paleocene, California

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Flabellidae
Flabellum remondianum Gabb 1864
synonym of Flabellum cuneiforme
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula (Acila) sp. (Adams and Adams 1858)
original and current combination Acila
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Leda gabbi (Conrad 1866)
nomen nudum belonging to Nuculanidae
Bivalvia - Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea mathewsonii Gabb 1864
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Phacoides turneri (Stanton 1896)
recombined as Claibornites (Codalucina) turneri
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Pholadidae
? Zirphaea sp. Gray 1840
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Teredinidae
Teredo sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula sp. Bruguière 1789
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Tapes informal sp. a Mühlfeld 1811
? Paphia clarki Dickerson 1914
Meretrix stantoni Dickerson 1914
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium cooperi (Gabb 1864)
synonym of Nemocardium (Nemocardium) linteum
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina informal sp. a Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda - Ficidae
Urosyca caudata Gabb 1869
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Brachysphingus liratus (Gabb 1864)
replaced by Brachysphingus sinuatus
Gastropoda - Ranellidae
Tritonium martinezensis Dickerson 1914
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella infragranulata Gabb 1864
Gastropoda - Ampullinidae
Ampullina striata Gabb 1869
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Galerus excentricus Gabb 1864
synonym of Calyptraea diegoana
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Cylichna costata Gabb 1864
recombined as Scaphander (Mirascapha) costatus
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:California County:Contra Costa
Coordinates: 38.0° North, 122.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:43.9° North, 100.0° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Paleocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 1
Key time interval:Paleocene
Age range of interval:66.00000 - 56.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Martinez
Stratigraphy comments: Martinez Fm. discussed as Eocene by Dickerson 1914, but rocks now regarded as Paleocene following Stewart, Ralph, 1949, Lower Tertiary stratigraphy of Mount Diablo, Marysville Buttes, and west border of lower Central Valley of California: U.S. Geological Survey Oil and Gas Investigations Preliminary Chart, OC-34.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Museum repositories:UCMP
Metadata
Database number:190779
Authorizer:P. Holroyd Enterer:P. Holroyd
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2017-12-17 22:40:04 Last modified:2017-12-17 22:40:04
Access level:the public Released:2017-12-17 22:40:04
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
64128. R. E. Dickerson. 1914. Fauna of the Martinez Eocene of California. Bulletin of the Department of Geology, University of California 6:61-180 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/A. Hendy]