UCMP 785: Eocene, California
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Chondrichthyes
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Chondrichthyes indet.
Huxley 1880
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Sabellida
- Serpulidae
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Serpula sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Cylichnidae
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Bulla hornii
Gabb 1864
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Whitneya ficus
Gabb 1864
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Nassariidae
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Fusus sp.
Bruguière 1789
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turridae
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Surcula (Surculites) cf. sinuata
(Gabb 1864)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Drilliidae
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Drillia informal n. sp.
Gray 1838
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Cancellariidae
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Cancellaria marysvillensis
Dickerson 1916
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Tritonium whitneyi
Gabb 1864
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Gastropoda
- Bursidae
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Fusus californicus
(Conrad 1855)
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Naticina obliqua
Gabb 1864
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Neverita globosa
Gabb 1869
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Lunatia hornii
Gabb 1864
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Crassatellites cf. uvasana
(Conrad 1855)
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Meretrix sp.
Lamarck 1799
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Dosinia elevata
Gabb 1864
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Meretrix ovalis
Gabb 1864
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Tapes cf. cretacea
Gabb 1864
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Meretrix hornii
Gabb 1864
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Spisula informal n. sp.
Gray 1837
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Tellina longa
Gabb 1864
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Psammobiidae
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Psammobia hornii
(Gabb 1864)
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Bivalvia
- Solenida
- Solenidae
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Solen parallelus
Gabb 1864
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | California | County: | Lake |
| Coordinates: | 38.9° North, 122.6° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 41.0° North, 107.1° West | ||||
| 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
| Formation: | Tejon |
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: | P. Holroyd | Research group: | marine invertebrate,vertebrate |
| Created: | 2017-12-18 00:35:55 | Last modified: | 2018-01-06 16:59:29 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2017-12-18 00:35:55 |
| 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] |