UCR 4937 (Eocene of the United States)

Where: San Diego County, California (32.8° N, 117.2° 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 200722: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 15.04.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Solariellidae
Solariella crenulata
Solariella crenulata Gabb 1864 snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella uvasana
Turritella uvasana Conrad 1855 turret shell
subspecies applinae
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Bittium cliffensis
Bittium cliffensis Hanna 1927 cerith snail
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
"Voluta" eomagna
"Voluta" eomagna Vokes 1939 volute
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
"Ficopsis cooperiana" = Fusus (Hemifusus) cooperii
"Ficopsis cooperiana" = Fusus (Hemifusus) cooperii Gabb 1864 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae
Ficopsis remondii
Ficopsis remondii Gabb 1864 fig shell
subspecies crescentensis
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
"Ectinochilus supraplicatus" = Rimella supraplicata
"Ectinochilus supraplicatus" = Rimella supraplicata Gabb 1864 true conch
 Sorbeoconcha - Seraphsidae
Paraseraphs erraticus
Paraseraphs erraticus Cooper 1894 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Tejonia moragai, Euspira cf. clementensis
Tejonia moragai Stewart 1927 moon snail
Euspira cf. clementensis Hanna 1927 moon snail
Bivalvia
 Carditida - Carditidae
"Glyptoactis domenginica" = Glyptoactis (Claibornicardia) domenginica
"Glyptoactis domenginica" = Glyptoactis (Claibornicardia) domenginica Vokes 1939 clam
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
"Glycymeris rosecanyonensis" = Glycymeris (Glycymeris) rosecanyonensis
"Glycymeris rosecanyonensis" = Glycymeris (Glycymeris) rosecanyonensis Hanna 1927 clam