USGS 14652 - Solomon Hills [Careaga Sandstone] (Pleistocene of the United States)

Also known as Woodring Loc. 175; W667

Where: Santa Barbara County, California (34.8° N, 120.4° W: paleocoordinates 34.7° N, 119.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Cebada Member (Careaga Sandstone Formation), Gelasian (2.6 - 1.8 Ma)

• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From the Cebada Member of the Careaga Sandstone, which overlies the Foxen Mudstone (mid-late Pliocene) and underlies the Paso Robles Fm (Pleistocene). AGE: Late Pliocene, on the basis of foraminiferal and microfossil biostratigraphy.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; poorly lithified, silty sandstone

• PALEOENVIRONMENT: Established on the basis of faunal composition.
• LITHOLOGY: Fine-grained sandstone. LITHIFICATION: Assumed poorly lithified on the basis of figured specimens.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected by W. Woodring; reposited in the USNM

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTORS: Not reported, but assumed to be W. Woodring. REPOSITORY: Smithsonian (USNM).

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 189762: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 05.11.2017

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for macrofossils. NOMENCLATURE: Somewhat antiquated nomenclature.
Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
""Nassa" waldorfensis" = Caesia californiana, ""Nassa" moraniana" = Caesia moraniana
""Nassa" waldorfensis" = Caesia californiana Conrad 1856 snail
""Nassa" moraniana" = Caesia moraniana Martin 1914 snail
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Mitrella ? gausapata Gould 1850 snail
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
""Drillia" graciosana" = Ophiodermella graciosana
""Drillia" graciosana" = Ophiodermella graciosana Arnold 1908 turrid
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara trilineata Conrad 1856 ark
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
"Ostrea vespertina" = Dendostrea vespertina
"Ostrea vespertina" = Dendostrea vespertina Conrad 1855 oyster
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
"Lucinoma cf. annulata" = Lucinoma annulatum
"Lucinoma cf. annulata" = Lucinoma annulatum Reeve 1850 clam
 Pholadida - Myidae
Cryptomya cf. californica Conrad 1837 softshell clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Protothaca cf. tenerrima" = Callithaca tenerrima
"Protothaca cf. tenerrima" = Callithaca tenerrima Carpenter 1857 venus clam
 Cardiida - Mactridae
"Schizothaerus cf. nuttallii" = Tresus nuttallii
"Schizothaerus cf. nuttallii" = Tresus nuttallii Conrad 1837 clam
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
"Tellina cf. bodegensis" = Megangulus bodegensis, Macoma cf. nasuta
"Tellina cf. bodegensis" = Megangulus bodegensis Hinds 1844 tellin clam
Macoma cf. nasuta Conrad 1837 tellin clam
SUBSPECIES: Macoma cf. nasuta kelseyi
 Cardiida - Psammobiidae
"Gari cf. californica" = Gari (Gobraeus) californica
"Gari cf. californica" = Gari (Gobraeus) californica Conrad 1849 clam
 Solenida - Solenidae
"Solen perrini" = Solena (Eosolen) perrini
"Solen perrini" = Solena (Eosolen) perrini Clark 1915 clam
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
"Panope cf. generosa" = Panopea generosa
"Panope cf. generosa" = Panopea generosa Gould 1850 clam
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Saccella ? taphria Dall 1896 pointed nut clam