Also known as Woodring Loc. 178a; FP2
Where: Santa Barbara County, California (34.9° N, 120.3° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 35.3° N, 119.5° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate estimated from map
• 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
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 189767: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 06.11.2017
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Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Scaphopoda | |
? Cadulus sp. Philippi 1844 tusk shell | |
Bivalvia | |
"Acila cf. castrensis" = Acila (Truncacila) castrensis
"Acila cf. castrensis" = Acila (Truncacila) castrensis Hinds 1843 divaricate nutclam | |
"Saccella ? redondoensis" = Nuculana redondoensis, Saccella taphria
"Saccella ? redondoensis" = Nuculana redondoensis Burch 1944 pointed nut clam
Saccella taphria Dall 1896 furrowed nutclam | |
Anadara cf. trilineata Conrad 1856 ark
Barbatia pseudoillota Reinhart 1937 clam | |
"Chlamys hastatus" = Chlamys hastata
"Chlamys hastatus" = Chlamys hastata Sowerby 1842 spear scallop | |
"Cyclocardia californica" = Coanicardita californica
"Cyclocardia californica" = Coanicardita californica Dall 1903 clam | |
Parvilucina cf. tenuisculpta Carpenter 1864 fine-lined lucine | |
"Transennella cf. tantilla" = Nutricola tantilla, Dosinia cf. ponderosa
"Transennella cf. tantilla" = Nutricola tantilla Gould 1853 purple dwarf-venus
Dosinia cf. ponderosa Gray 1838 ponderous dosinia | |
"Macoma cf. yoldiformis" = Macoploma yoldiformis, Macoma cf. brota
"Macoma cf. yoldiformis" = Macoploma yoldiformis Carpenter 1864 yoldia macoma
Macoma cf. brota Dall 1916 heavy macoma | |
Cumingia californica Conrad 1837 California semele | |
"Pholadidea penita" = Penitella penita
"Pholadidea penita" = Penitella penita Conrad 1837 flat-tipped piddock | |
Gastropoda | |
"Calliostoma cf. virgineum" = Calliostoma annulatum, Calliostoma cf. ligatum
"Calliostoma cf. virgineum" = Calliostoma annulatum Lightfoot 1786 purple ringed top shell
Calliostoma cf. ligatum Gould 1849 blue topsnail | |
"Odostomia cf. farallonensis" = Aartsenia satura
"Odostomia cf. farallonensis" = Aartsenia satura Carpenter 1864 snail | |
Acteocina cf. culcitella Gould 1853 pillow barrel-bubble | |
Crepidula nummaria, Trochita radians, Crepipatella cf. lingulata, "Crucibulum cf. imbricatum" = Crucibulum (Dispotaea) imbricata
Crepidula nummaria Gould 1846 western white slippersnail
Trochita radians Lamarck 1816 slipper shell
Crepipatella cf. lingulata Gould 1846 Pacific half-slippersnail
"Crucibulum cf. imbricatum" = Crucibulum (Dispotaea) imbricata Sowerby 1824 slipper shell | |
Turritella cooperi Carpenter 1864 symmetrical turretsnail | |
"Erato cf. scabriuscula" = Hespererato scabriuscula
"Erato cf. scabriuscula" = Hespererato scabriuscula Gray 1832 snail | |
Mitrella tuberosa Carpenter 1864 tuberose mitrella
Amphissa cf. versicolor Dall 1871 variegated amphissa | |
""Nassa" moraniana" = Caesia moraniana, ""Nassa" mendica cooperi" = Hima cooperi, ""Nassa" mendica" = Hima mendica
""Nassa" moraniana" = Caesia moraniana Martin 1914 snail
""Nassa" mendica cooperi" = Hima cooperi Forbes 1852 lean nassa
""Nassa" mendica" = Hima mendica Gould 1849 lean western nassa | |
""Cancellaria" cf. tritonidea" = Euclia tritonidea, "Cancellaria" arnoldi
""Cancellaria" cf. tritonidea" = Euclia tritonidea Gabb 1866 snail
"Cancellaria" arnoldi Dall 1909 snail | |
Megasurcula carpenteriana Gabb 1866 Carpenter's turrid | |
"Barbarofusus cf. arnoldi" = Harfordia arnoldi
"Barbarofusus cf. arnoldi" = Harfordia arnoldi Cossmann 1903 snail | |
"Tritonalia cf. clathrata" = Paciocinebrina atropurpurea
"Tritonalia cf. clathrata" = Paciocinebrina atropurpurea Carpenter 1865 purple rocksnail | |
"Psephaea oregonensis" = Fulgoraria oregonensis
"Psephaea oregonensis" = Fulgoraria oregonensis Dall 1909 volute | |
Cryptonatica affinis, "Neverita reclusiana" = Glossaulax reclusiana, "Lunatia cf. lewisii" = Euspira lewisii
Cryptonatica affinis Gmelin 1791 Arctic moonsnail
"Neverita reclusiana" = Glossaulax reclusiana Deshayes 1839 Recluz's moon snail
"Lunatia cf. lewisii" = Euspira lewisii Gould 1847 Lewis's moon snail | |
"Bittium casmaliense" = Lirobittium casmaliense
"Bittium casmaliense" = Lirobittium casmaliense Bartsch 1911 snail | |
Polyplacophora | |
Callistochiton sp. Carpenter 1879 chiton | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Terebratalia occidentalis Dall 1871 | |
Anthozoa | |
Dendrophyllia sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral |