Also known as Old Fort Tejon
Where: Kern County, California (34.9° N, 118.9° W: paleocoordinates 34.5° N, 107.0° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Tejon Formation, Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; brown sandstone and gray shale
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Roy Cohn and R. E. Dickerson; reposited in the UCMP
Primary reference: R. E. Dickerson. 1915. Fauna of the Type Tejon: Its relation to the Cowlitz Phase of the Tejon Group of Washington. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 5(3):33-98 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 122340: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 21.12.2011, edited by Jonathan Marcot and Austin Hendy
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium stramineum Gabb 1864 tusk shell | |
Gastropoda | |
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"Calyptraea excentrica" = Calyptraea diegoana
"Calyptraea excentrica" = Calyptraea diegoana Conrad 1855 slipper shell | |
"Ficopsis cowlitzensis" = Priscoficus cowlitzensis Weaver 1912 fig shell
Ficopsis hornii Gabb 1864 fig shell | |
"Nyctilochus sp." = Cymatium, "Nyctilochus californicus" = Gyrineum californicum, "Nyctilochus kewi n. sp." = Ameranella kewi
"Nyctilochus californicus" = Gyrineum californicum Gabb 1869 triton shell
"Nyctilochus kewi n. sp." = Ameranella kewi Dickerson 1915 triton shell | |
"Galeodea tuberculata" = Galeodea tuberculiformis
"Galeodea tuberculata" = Galeodea tuberculiformis Gabb 1864 snail | |
"Perissolax blakei" = Pseudoperissolax blakei2
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"Pseudoliva volutaeformis" = Calorebama volutaeformis, "Pseudoliva tejonensis" = Calorebama inornata
"Pseudoliva volutaeformis" = Calorebama volutaeformis Gabb 1864 snail
"Pseudoliva tejonensis" = Calorebama inornata Dickerson 1915 snail | |
Chrysodomus ruckmani Dickerson 1915 true whelk
"Whitneya ficus" = Strepsidura ficus Gabb 1864 true whelk
Pseudoliva inornata n. sp. Dickerson 1915 true whelk | |
"Nyctilochus washingtoniana" = Perse washingtoniana
"Nyctilochus washingtoniana" = Perse washingtoniana Weaver 1912 snail | |
Turris sp. Röding 1798 turrid | |
Surcula cowlitzensis Weaver 1912 snail
Surcula washingtoniana Weaver 1912 snail
Surcula uvasana n. sp. Dickerson 1915 snail | |
Conus cowlitzensis Weaver 1912 cone shell
Conus californiana Conrad 1855 cone shell | |
"Cancellaria stantoni" = Bonellitia (Admetula) paucivaricata
"Cancellaria stantoni" = Bonellitia (Admetula) paucivaricata Gabb 1864 snail | |
"Amauropsis alveata" = Amaurellina moragai2, "Neverita secta" = Glossaulax reclusiana, "Lunatia hornii" = Polinices hornii
"Neverita secta" = Glossaulax reclusiana Deshayes 1839 moon snail
"Lunatia hornii" = Polinices hornii Gabb 1864 moon snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
"Glycimeris ruckmani n. sp." = Glycymeris (Tucetona) ruckmani
"Glycimeris ruckmani n. sp." = Glycymeris (Tucetona) ruckmani Dickerson 1915 clam | |
Lucina nasuta Gabb 1864 clam | |
"Corbula hornii" = Caryocorbula hornii
"Corbula hornii" = Caryocorbula hornii Gabb 1864 clam | |
"Meretrix ovalis" = Cyclinella elevata, "Meretrix tejonensis" = Pitar uvasana, "Macrocallista conradiana" = Microcallista (Costacallista) conradiana, "Meretrix hornii" = Callista (Costacallista) hornii
"Meretrix ovalis" = Cyclinella elevata Gabb 1864 venus clam
"Meretrix tejonensis" = Pitar uvasana Conrad 1855 venus clam
"Macrocallista conradiana" = Microcallista (Costacallista) conradiana Gabb 1864 venus clam
"Meretrix hornii" = Callista (Costacallista) hornii Gabb 1864 venus clam | |
"Cardium brewerii" = Schedocardia brewerii2
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"Crassatellites grandis" = Crassatella uvasana
"Crassatellites grandis" = Crassatella uvasana Conrad 1855 clam | |
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Anthozoa | |
Dendrophyllia tejonensis n. sp.2
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