Also known as AB170617, Careaga Sandstone, Fugler Point
Where: Santa Maria County, California (34.8° N, 120.5° W: paleocoordinates 34.7° N, 119.8° W)
When: Cebada Member (Careaga Sandstone Formation), Gelasian (2.6 - 1.8 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified sandstone
•isolated outcrop of the Careaga Sandstone at the
•Fugler Point locality (LACMIP localities 41807–
•41811, Fig. 4B) that was also first described by
•Woodring and Bramlette (1950). The outcrop
•is at least 14 m thick, with 12 m of the Cebada
•Member and 1.8 m of the Graciosa Member exposed.
•Interspersed throughout the outcrop are
•masses of naturally occurring asphalt. There are
•three fossiliferous beds at this locality.
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils
Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite
Collected by Alexandra Buczek, Austin Hendy in 2017
Collection methods: bulk,
Primary reference: A. Buczek, A. Hendy, M. Hopkins and J. Sessa. 2020. On the reconciliation of biostratigraphy and strontium isotope stratigraphy of three southern Californian Plio-Pleistocene formations. Geological Society America Bulletin 133(1-2):100-114 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/J. Marcot]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 214277: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Alexandra Buczek on 22.09.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| unclassified | |
| Thecostraca | |
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Balanidae indet. Leach 1817 barnacle | |
| Malacostraca | |
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Decapoda indet. Latreille 1802 decapod | |
| Gastropoda | |
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Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
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Euclia rapa Nomland 1917 snail
Euclia tritonidea Gabb 1866 snail
"Crawfordina fugleri" = Cancellaria (Crawfordina) snail | |
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Strioterebrum martini auger snail | |
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Megasurcula carpenteriana Gabb 1866 turrid
Ophiodermella diegensis turrid | |
"Caesia californianus" = Nassarius (Caesia)
"Caesia californianus" = Nassarius (Caesia) snail | |
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Barbarofusus sp. Grabau and Shimer 1909 snail | |
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Mitrella gausapata Gould 1850 snail | |
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Calicantharus fortis Carpenter 1866 snail | |
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Glossaulax reclusiana Deshayes 1839 moon snail | |
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Lirobittium casmaliense Bartsch 1911 snail | |
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Turritella cooperi Carpenter 1864 turret shell | |
| Bivalvia | |
"Tellina idae" = Idatellina idae
"Tellina idae" = Idatellina idae Dall 1891 tellin clam | |
"Gari fucata" = Gari (Gobraeus) fucata
"Gari fucata" = Gari (Gobraeus) fucata Hinds 1845 clam | |
Dosinia ponderosa, "Tivela stultorum" = Tivela (Pachydesma) stultorum
Dosinia ponderosa Gray 1838 venus clam
"Tivela stultorum" = Tivela (Pachydesma) stultorum Mawe 1823 venus clam | |
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Tresus nuttallii Conrad 1837 clam | |
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Panopea generosa Gould 1850 clam | |
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Thracia kanakoffi clam | |
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Lucinisca nuttalli Conrad 1837 clam | |
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Anadara trilineata Conrad 1856 ark | |
"Pododesmus macrochisma" = Pododesmus (Monia) macrochisma
"Pododesmus macrochisma" = Pododesmus (Monia) macrochisma Deshayes 1839 scallop | |
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Mytilus californianus Conrad 1837 mussel | |
"Acila castrensis" = Acila (Truncacila) castrensis
"Acila castrensis" = Acila (Truncacila) castrensis Hinds 1843 divaricate nutclam | |
| unclassified | |
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Chordata indet. Haeckel 1874 | |
| Chondrichthyes | |
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Myliobatis sp. Cuvier 1816 eagle ray | |
| unclassified | |
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Problematica indet. Andrews 1970 | |