UCMP 1888 Selby Smelter: Paleocene, California

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Ostraea weaveri (Dickerson 1914)
original and current combination Ostrea weaveri
Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Schizasteridae
Schizaster lecontei Merriam 1899
Polychaeta - Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium cooperi (Gabb 1864)
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Amauropsis martinezensis Dickerson 1914
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
? Fusus informal n. sp.
? Fusus sp. Bruguière 1789
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Brachysphingus liratus (Gabb 1864)
replaced by Brachysphingus sinuatus
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pyropsidae
Heteroterma gabbi Stanton 1896
recombined as Pyropsis gabbi
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae
? Surcula informal near praeattenuata
synonym of Turricula
Surcula merriami Dickerson 1914
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Perissolax tricarnatus Weaver 1905
recombined as Pseudoperissolax tricarnatus
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
Surcula (Surculites) inconspicua Gabb 1869
recombined as Tessarolax inconspicua
Gastropoda - Ficidae
Urosyca caudata Gabb 1869
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Sareptidae
Nucula (Acila) truncata (Gabb 1864)
synonym of Portlandia arctica
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Leda gabbi (Conrad 1866)
misspelling Nuculana gabbii
Bivalvia - Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea mathewsonii Gabb 1864
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium cooperi (Gabb 1864)
synonym of Nemocardium (Nemocardium) linteum
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758
Tellina kewi Dickerson 1914
recombined as Tellina (Megangulus) kewi
Bivalvia - Solenida - Solenidae
Solen sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Glycimeris sp. (Da Costa 1778)
original and current combination Glycymeris
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Phacoides turneri (Stanton 1896)
recombined as Claibornites (Codalucina) turneri
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, 122.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:43.9° North, 99.9° West
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:190800
Authorizer:P. Holroyd Enterer:P. Holroyd
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2017-12-18 00:26:33 Last modified:2017-12-18 00:26:33
Access level:the public Released:2017-12-18 00:26:33
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]