Where: Orange County, California (33.8° N, 117.7° W: paleocoordinates 34.5° N, 103.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Santiago Formation, Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)
• Originally from "Martinez Group," probably Santiago Formation
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the UCMP
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
Primary reference: R. E. Dickerson. 1914. The Martinez and Tejon Eocene and associated formations of the Santa Ana Mountains. 8(11):257-274 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 211023: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 23.06.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Bivalvia | |
Crassatellites brainerdi n. sp., "Crassatellites unioides" = Crassatella unioides
Crassatellites brainerdi n. sp. Dickerson 1914 clam
"Crassatellites unioides" = Crassatella unioides Stanton 1896 clam | |
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"Meretrix dalli" = Pitaria praenominata Hanna 1924 venus clam
Meretrix sp. Lamarck 1799 venus clam
Meretrix stantoni Dickerson 1914 venus clam | |
"Spisula ? weaveri" = Mactromeris weaveri
"Spisula ? weaveri" = Mactromeris weaveri Dickerson 1914 clam | |
"Tellina kewi" = Tellina (Megangulus) kewi, "Tellina undulifera" = Tellina (Saulella) undulifera, "Tellina cf. herndonensis" = Tellina (Eurytellina) herndonensis
"Tellina kewi" = Tellina (Megangulus) kewi Dickerson 1914 tellin clam
"Tellina undulifera" = Tellina (Saulella) undulifera Gabb 1869 tellin clam
"Tellina cf. herndonensis" = Tellina (Eurytellina) herndonensis Dickerson 1914 tellin clam | |
"Glycimeris veatchi" = Glycymerita veatchii
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| Gastropoda | |
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Turritella infragranulata Gabb 1864 turret shell
Turritella pachecoensis Stanton 1896 turret shell | |