UCMP 1888 Selby Smelter (Paleocene of the United States)

Where: Contra Costa County, California (38.0° N, 122.1° W: paleocoordinates 43.9° N, 99.9° W)

When: Martinez Formation, Paleocene (66.0 - 56.0 Ma)

• Martinez Fm. discussed as Eocene by Dickerson 1914, but rocks now regarded as Paleocene following Stewart, Ralph, 1949, Lower Tertiary stratigraphy of Mount Diablo, Marysville Buttes, and west border of lower Central Valley of California: U.S. Geological Survey Oil and Gas Investigations Preliminary Chart, OC-34.

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Reposited in the UCMP

Primary reference: R. E. Dickerson. 1914. Fauna of the Martinez Eocene of California. Bulletin of the Department of Geology, University of California 6:61-180 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 190800: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 18.12.2017

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Taxonomic list

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Echinoidea
 Spatangoida - Schizasteridae
Schizaster lecontei
Schizaster lecontei Merriam 1899 heart urchin
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula sp.
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium cooperi
Dentalium cooperi Gabb 1864 tusk shell
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella sp.
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Amauropsis martinezensis
Amauropsis martinezensis Dickerson 1914 moon snail
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
? Fusus "n. sp.", ? Fusus sp.
? Fusus "n. sp." Bruguière 1789 snail
? Fusus sp. Bruguière 1789 snail
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
"Brachysphingus liratus" = Brachysphingus sinuatus
"Brachysphingus liratus" = Brachysphingus sinuatus Gabb 1869 true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Pyropsidae
"Heteroterma gabbi" = Pyropsis gabbi
"Heteroterma gabbi" = Pyropsis gabbi Stanton 1896 snail
 Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae
"? Surcula "near praeattenuata"" = Turricula, Surcula merriami
"? Surcula "near praeattenuata"" = Turricula Schumacher 1817 snail
Surcula merriami Dickerson 1914 snail
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
"Perissolax tricarnatus" = Pseudoperissolax tricarnatus
"Perissolax tricarnatus" = Pseudoperissolax tricarnatus Weaver 1905 murex snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
"Surcula (Surculites) inconspicua" = Tessarolax inconspicua
"Surcula (Surculites) inconspicua" = Tessarolax inconspicua Gabb 1869 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae
Urosyca caudata
Urosyca caudata Gabb 1869 fig shell
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Sareptidae
"Nucula (Acila) truncata" = Portlandia arctica
"Nucula (Acila) truncata" = Portlandia arctica Gray 1824 clam
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
"Leda gabbi" = Nuculana (Saccella) gabbii
"Leda gabbi" = Nuculana (Saccella) gabbii Conrad 1866 pointed nut clam
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea mathewsonii
Cucullaea mathewsonii Gabb 1864 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
"Cardium cooperi" = Nemocardium (Nemocardium) linteum
"Cardium cooperi" = Nemocardium (Nemocardium) linteum Conrad 1855 cockle
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina sp., "Tellina kewi" = Tellina (Megangulus) kewi
Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam
"Tellina kewi" = Tellina (Megangulus) kewi Dickerson 1914 tellin clam
 Solenida - Solenidae
Solen sp.
Solen sp. Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
"Glycimeris sp." = Glycymeris
"Glycimeris sp." = Glycymeris Da Costa 1778 clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
"Phacoides turneri" = Claibornites (Codalucina) turneri
"Phacoides turneri" = Claibornites (Codalucina) turneri Stanton 1896 clam
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Flabellidae
"Flabellum remondianum" = Flabellum cuneiforme
"Flabellum remondianum" = Flabellum cuneiforme Lonsdale 1845 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Guyniidae
"Trochocyathus zitteli" = Palaeopsammia zitteli
"Trochocyathus zitteli" = Palaeopsammia zitteli Vaughan 1900 stony coral