UCR 4996 (Eocene of the United States)

Where: San Diego County, California (32.8° N, 117.2° W: paleocoordinates 33.5° N, 103.1° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Mission Valley Formation (Poway Group), Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lagoonal; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: C. R. Givens and M. P. Kennedy. 1979. Eocene molluscan stages and their correlation, San Diego area, California. Pacific Section SEPM 1979:81-95 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 200762: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 15.04.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus hornii Gabb 1864 cone shell
subspecies cf. hornii
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Pseudoperissolax blakei Conrad 1855 murex snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
Ectinochilus canalifer Gabb 1864 true conch
 Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae
Ficopsis remondii Gabb 1864 fig shell
subspecies remondii
Ficopsis hornii Gabb 1864 fig shell
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Brachidontes cowlitzensis Weaver and Palmer 1922 mussel
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Pitar uvasanus" = Pitar uvasana, "Callista cf. conradiana" = Microcallista (Costacallista) conradiana, Callista cf. hornii, "Callista andersoni" = Macrocallista andersoni, "Pitar cf. californianus" = Pitaria californiana
"Pitar uvasanus" = Pitar uvasana Conrad 1855 venus clam
subspecies uvasanus
"Callista cf. conradiana" = Microcallista (Costacallista) conradiana Gabb 1864 venus clam
Callista cf. hornii Gabb 1864 venus clam
"Callista andersoni" = Macrocallista andersoni Dickerson 1915 venus clam
"Pitar cf. californianus" = Pitaria californiana Conrad 1855 venus clam
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
 Thraciida - Thraciidae
Thracia dilleri Dall 1898 clam
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella uvasana Conrad 1855 clam
subspecies cf. uvasana