UCMP A3073, Fenn Ranch: Ypresian, California
collected by Herdis Bentson 1938
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Cancellothyrididae
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| Hertlein and Grant IV 1944 | ||||||||||
| "Terebratulina ... very similar to T. tejonensis waringi" | ||||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Nautilida
- Nautilidae
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | California | County: | Yolo |
| Coordinates: | 38.5° North, 122.0° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 46.3° North, 94.5° West (Wright 2013) | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Ypresian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 |
| Key time interval: | Ypresian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 56 - 48.07 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Capay | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: 65-90 feet stratigraphically below the Pliocene conglomerate contact | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "shale" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | submarine fan |
| Geology comments: Capay Formation is an exposure of a submarine canyon and base of slope deposit, deposited at bathyal depths (deeper than 1000 meters) by a variety of mechanisms. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | mold/impression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | UCMP | ||
| Collectors: | Herdis Bentson | Collection dates: | 1938 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 180391 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham, J. Marcot | Enterer: | M. Clapham, J. Marcot |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2016-07-14 23:50:04 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-07-14 23:50:04 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 59868. | A. K. Miller and H. R. Downs. 1950. Tertiary nautiloids of the Americas: supplement. Journal of Paleontology 24:1-18 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |
Secondary references:
| 55057 | L. G. Hertlein and U. S. Grant IV. 1944. The Cenozoic Brachiopoda of Western North America. In F. E. Blacet, J. Gilluly, G. James, E. L. Kinsey (eds.), The Cenozoic Brachiopoda of Western North America 3:1-236 [M. Clapham/M. Manojlovic/M. Manojlovic] |