CSUN 675: Ypresian, California

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella buwaldana Dickerson 1916
Turritella andersoni Dickerson 1916
Gastropoda - Ampullinidae
Pachycrommium clarki (Stewart 1927)
Eocernina hannibali (Dickerson 1914)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Lyria andersoni Waring 1917
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Spondylidae
Spondylus cf. carlosensis Anderson 1905
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Callista (Costacallista) hornii (Gabb 1864)
"Callista (Costacallista) hornii vokesi"
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia (Pacificor) sp. Verástegui 1953
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:California County:Riverside
Coordinates: 33.6° North, 115.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:36.0° North, 98.7° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Altitude:2120 feet
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Ypresian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 2
Key time interval:Ypresian Foram zone: P7 - P8
Age range of interval:56.00000 - 47.80000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Maniobra
Regional section:Formation Regional bed:57 m
Regional order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Basal part of formation; Capay Stage; Foraminifera indicative of P7 to P9 Zones and calcareous nannofossils indicative of CP9 to CP11 Zones also have been found 58 m upsection from CSUN locality 662 (Advocate, 1983).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "shale"
Lithology description: consists of siliciclastics that locally contain some macrofossils and microfossils.
Environment:submarine fan
Geology comments: These deposits represent a transitional marginal marine to deep-water submarine-fan sequence deposited in subtropical waters (Advocate, 1983).
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:Specimens at CSUN
Metadata
Also known as:LACMIP 16151
Database number:193547
Authorizer:J. Marcot Enterer:J. Marcot
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2018-05-26 17:21:27 Last modified:2018-05-26 17:21:27
Access level:the public Released:2018-05-26 17:21:27
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

65757. R. L. Squires. 1991. Molluscan Paleontology of the Lower Eocene Maniobra Formation, Orocopia Mountains, Southern California. Eocene Geologic History San Diego Region, Pacific Section SEPM 68:217-226 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]