UCMP 476, Mount Diablo (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Contra Costa County, California (37.8° N, 121.9° W: paleocoordinates 37.3° N, 110.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Tejon Group, Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)

• lower Tejon

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. E. Dickerson. 1916. Stratigraphy and fauna of the Tejon Eocene of California. University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geology 9(17):363-524 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 122295: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 21.12.2011, edited by Mark Uhen, Jonathan Marcot and Austin Hendy

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Echinoidea
 Spatangoida - Schizasteridae
Schizaster diabloensis1 Kew 1920 heart urchin
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium stramineum Gabb 1864 tusk shell
 Gadilida - Gadilidae
"Cadulus pusillus" = Cadulus (Platyschides) gabbi
"Cadulus pusillus" = Cadulus (Platyschides) gabbi Sharp and Pilsbry 1898 tusk shell
Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Acteonidae
"Actaeon sp." = Acteon
"Actaeon sp." = Acteon Montfort 1810 snail
 Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
"Cylichna costata" = Scaphander (Mirascapha) costatus
"Cylichna costata" = Scaphander (Mirascapha) costatus Gabb 1864 snail
 Patellida - Lottiidae
Acmaea sp. Eschscholtz 1830 limpet
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella merriami3 Dickerson 1913 turret shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
"Amauropsis alveata" = Amaurellina moragai
"Amauropsis alveata" = Amaurellina moragai Stewart 1927 moon snail
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
"Fusinus martinez" = Whitneyella martinez
"Fusinus martinez" = Whitneyella martinez Gabb 1864 snail
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Strepsidura howardi Dickerson 1916 true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Pseudolividae
"Pseudoliva volutaeformis" = Calorebama volutaeformis
"Pseudoliva volutaeformis" = Calorebama volutaeformis Gabb 1864 snail
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
"Ancilla (Oliverato) californica" = Cryptochorda (Cryptochorda) californica
"Ancilla (Oliverato) californica" = Cryptochorda (Cryptochorda) californica Cooper 1894 volute
 Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae
Ficopsis remondii3 Gabb 1864 fig shell
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
"Leda gabbi" = Nuculana (Saccella) gabbii3 Conrad 1866 pointed nut clam
 Nuculanida - Yoldiidae
Yoldia sp. Möller 1842 clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus ornatus Gabb 1864 mussel
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
"Placunanomia inornata" = Anomia inornata
"Placunanomia inornata" = Anomia inornata Gabb 1864 jingle
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
"Glycimeris sagittatus" = Glycymeris (Glycymerita) sagittata
"Glycimeris sagittatus" = Glycymeris (Glycymerita) sagittata Gabb 1864 clam
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
"Tellina longa" = Tellina (Angulus) longa Gabb 1864 tellin clam
Tellina remondii3 Gabb 1864 tellin clam
 Cardiida - Psammobiidae
"Psammobia hornii" = Gari (Gobraeus) hornii
"Psammobia hornii" = Gari (Gobraeus) hornii Gabb 1864 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Meretrix tejonensis" = Pitar uvasana, "Macrocallista conradiana" = Microcallista (Costacallista) conradiana, "Meretrix hornii" = Callista (Costacallista) hornii3, "Dosinia elevata" = Cyclinella elevata, "Meretrix ovalis" = Cyclinella elevata
"Meretrix tejonensis" = Pitar uvasana Conrad 1855 venus clam
"Macrocallista conradiana" = Microcallista (Costacallista) conradiana Gabb 1864 venus clam
"Meretrix hornii" = Callista (Costacallista) hornii3 Gabb 1864 venus clam
"Dosinia elevata" = Cyclinella elevata Gabb 1864 venus clam
"Meretrix ovalis" = Cyclinella elevata Gabb 1864 venus clam
 Cardiida - Mactridae
"Spisula merriami" = Mactromeris merriami
"Spisula merriami" = Mactromeris merriami Packard 1916 clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
"Corbula hornii" = Caryocorbula hornii
"Corbula hornii" = Caryocorbula hornii Gabb 1864 clam
 Pholadida - Pholadidae
Pholadidea sp. Turton 1819 clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
"Lucina gyrata" = Gibbolucina (Eomiltha) gyrata Gabb 1864 clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia (Pacificor) hornii2 Gabb 1864 clam
subsp. hornii
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
Thamnasteria sinuata n. sp.3 Nomland 1916 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Turbinoliidae
Turbinolia pusillanima n. sp.3 Nomland 1916 stony coral