UCR 4921 (Eocene of the United States)

Where: San Diego County, California (32.9° N, 117.3° W: paleocoordinates 33.6° N, 103.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Ardath Formation (La Jolla Group), Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal shelf; shale

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 200719: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 15.04.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella uvasana Conrad 1855 turret shell
subspecies applinae
Turritella scrippsensis Hanna 1927 turret shell
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
"Glycymeris rosecanyonensis" = Glycymeris (Glycymeris) rosecanyonensis
"Glycymeris rosecanyonensis" = Glycymeris (Glycymeris) rosecanyonensis Hanna 1927 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Pitar intica" = Pitaria intica
"Pitar intica" = Pitaria intica Hanna 1927 venus clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
"Glyptoactis cf. domenginica" = Glyptoactis (Claibornicardia) domenginica
"Glyptoactis cf. domenginica" = Glyptoactis (Claibornicardia) domenginica Vokes 1939 clam