Foxen Canyon - #37 (Woodring & Bramlette, 1950): Messinian - Zanclean, California

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crepidula cf. princeps Conrad 1855
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:California County:Santa Barbara
Coordinates: 34.8° North, 120.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:34.5° North, 118.6° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Miocene - Pliocene
Stage: Messinian - Zanclean 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
Key time interval: Messinian - Zanclean
Age range of interval: 7.246 - 3.6 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Sisquoc Member:Tinaquaic Sandstone
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: The Sisquoc Formation contains two principal lithologic facies: a fine-grained basin facies ( Todos Santos Claystone mbr) consisting chiefly of diatomaceous mudstone and a marginal sandstone facies ( Tinaquaic sandstone mbr). The basin facies of the Sisquoc Formation overlies the Monterey Formation without discordance. A maximum thickness of 5000 ft is estimated from the subsurface, although the maximum exposed thickness of the formation is 3000 ft. AGE: Revised to Messian-Zanclean consistent with EPICC stratigraphic revision.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:medium,coarse lithified calcareous sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Medium-grained to coarse-grained sandstone with grit and calcareous beds. Fines upsection.
Environment:coastal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,mold/impression,replaced with phosphate
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Articulated whole bodies:some
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Collection methods:selective quarrying,observed (not collected)
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Presumably reposited in UGGS collections...not specified.
Taxonomic list comments:Exhaustive for mollusca
Metadata
Also known as:R394
Database number:39350
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-05-26 19:34:44 Last modified:2020-06-16 03:29:45
Access level:group members Released:2005-05-26 19:34:44
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

10621. W. P. Woodring and M.N. Bramlette. 1950. Geology and paleontology of the Santa Maria District California. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 222:1-185 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/S. Ávila]