Foxen Canyon (USGS 14993) - #39a (Woodring & Bramlette, 1950) (Miocene to of the United States)

Also known as USGS 14993

Where: Santa Barbara County, California (34.8° N, 120.2° W: paleocoordinates 34.5° N, 118.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Tinaquaic Sandstone Member (Sisquoc Formation), Messinian to Messinian (7.2 - 3.6 Ma)

• Same locality, just 35 feet lower stratigraphically. 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.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified, medium-grained, coarse, calcareous sandstone

• Medium-grained to coarse-grained sandstone with grit and calcareous beds. Fines upsection.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, replaced with phosphate

Reposited in the USGS

Collection methods: quarrying,

• Presumably reposited in UGGS collections...not specified.

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: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 39353: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 26.05.2004

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Taxonomic list

• Exhaustive for mollusca
Gastropoda
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crepidula cf. princeps Conrad 1855 slipper shell
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
"Nassa" sp. Röding 1798 true whelk
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara cf. trilineata Conrad 1856 ark
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
"Volsella cf. capax" = Modiolus capax
"Volsella cf. capax" = Modiolus capax Conrad 1837 mussel
 Pholadida - Myidae
Cryptomya cf. californica Conrad 1837 softshell clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Protothaca cf. staleyi" = Leukoma staleyi
"Protothaca cf. staleyi" = Leukoma staleyi Gabb 1866 venus clam
 Cardiida - Mactridae
"Schizothaerus cf. nuttallii" = Tresus nuttallii
"Schizothaerus cf. nuttallii" = Tresus nuttallii Conrad 1837 clam
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Macoma cf. nasuta Conrad 1837 tellin clam
 Solenida - Solenidae
"Solen perrini" = Solena (Eosolen) perrini
"Solen perrini" = Solena (Eosolen) perrini Clark 1915 clam