UCMP 1695: Paleocene, California

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Lunatia hornii Gabb 1864
recombined as Polinices hornii
Amauropsis martinezensis Dickerson 1914
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pyropsidae
Heteroterma striata Stanton 1896
recombined as Pyropsis striata
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Neptunea mucronata Gabb 1869
recombined as Sycum mucronatum
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Brachysphingus liratus (Gabb 1864)
replaced by Brachysphingus sinuatus
Neptunea (Tritonofusus) cretacea Gabb 1869
recombined as Neptunea cretacea
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Turris sp. Röding 1798
Gastropoda - Ficidae
Urosyca caudata Gabb 1869
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium cooperi (Gabb 1864)
Bivalvia - Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea mathewsonii Gabb 1864
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycimeris veatchii (Gabb 1864)
    = Glycymerita major Stanton 1896
Hendy 2020
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatellites stewartvillensis Dickerson 1914
recombined as Crassatella stewartvillensis
Crassatellites grandis Gabb 1864
synonym of Crassatella uvasana
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium cooperi (Gabb 1864)
synonym of Nemocardium (Nemocardium) linteum
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina undulifera Gabb 1869
recombined as Tellina (Saulella) undulifera
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Flabellidae
Flabellum remondianum Gabb 1864
synonym of Flabellum cuneiforme
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Guyniidae
Trochocyathus zitteli Vaughan 1900
recombined as Palaeopsammia zitteli
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:190785
Authorizer:P. Holroyd, A. Hendy Enterer:P. Holroyd, A. Hendy
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2017-12-17 22:42:02 Last modified:2017-12-17 22:42:02
Access level:the public Released:2017-12-17 22:42:02
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]

Secondary references:

63217 A. J. W. Hendy. 2020. Unpublished taxonomic backbone for Eastern Pacific Invertebrate Communities of the Cenozoic (EPICC) Thematic Collections Network. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]