Also known as UCMP IP8664
Where: Kern County, California (35.0° N, 118.9° W: paleocoordinates 35.2° N, 105.6° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Uvas Conglomerate Member (Tejon Formation), Middle Eocene (48.6 - 37.2 Ma)
• Middle Eocene, "Transition Stage" or "Tejon Stage."
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collected by Nilsen, T. H. in 1971; reposited in the UCMP
Primary reference: T. H. Nilsen. 1987. Stratigraphy and sedimentology of the Eocene Tejon Formation, western Tehachapi and San Emigdio mountains, California. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1268:1-110 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/R. McClees-Funinan]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 194188: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 16.06.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
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? Crassatella sp. Lamarck 1799 clam | |
Acanthocardia breweri cockle | |
? Macoma sp. Leach 1819 tellin clam | |
"Spisula acutirostrata" = Mactromeris acutirostrata, "Spisula cf. merriami" = Mactromeris merriami
"Spisula acutirostrata" = Mactromeris acutirostrata Packard 1916 clam
"Spisula cf. merriami" = Mactromeris merriami Packard 1916 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
? Crepidula sp. Lamarck 1799 slipper shell | |
"Ficopsis horni" = Ficus
"Ficopsis horni" = Ficus fig shell | |
Galeodea sp. Link 1807 snail | |
Naticidae indet. Guilding 1834 moon snail
? Amauropsis sp. Mörch 1857 moon snail
"Neverita secta" = Glossaulax reclusiana Deshayes 1839 moon snail | |
Turritella buwaldana Dickerson 1916 turret shell
Turritella uvasana Conrad 1855 turret shell |