UCMP 785: Eocene, California

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Gastropoda - Bursidae
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Fusus sp. Bruguière 1789
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchiata - Cylichnidae
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Psammobiidae
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Meretrix sp. Lamarck 1799
Bivalvia - Solenida - Solenidae
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Sabellida - Serpulidae
Chondrichthyes
Shark (?) tooth
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:California County:Lake
Coordinates: 38.9° North, 122.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:45.7° North, 99.0° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Time
Period: Paleogene Epoch: Eocene
10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 2-3
Key time interval: Eocene
Age range of interval: 56 - 33.9 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Lithology description: coarse gray to white, conglomeritic concretionary sandstone
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:190801
Authorizer:P. Holroyd Enterer:P. Holroyd
Modifier:J. Marcot Research group:marine invertebrate,vertebrate
Created:2017-12-18 00:35:55 Last modified:2025-03-31 12:39:14
Access level:the public Released:2017-12-18 00:35:55
Creative Commons license:CC0
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]