UCR 4941 (Eocene of the United States)

Where: San Diego County, California (32.8° N, 117.2° W: paleocoordinates 33.5° 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 200724: 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
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Tejonia moragai, "Neverita globosa" = Neverita (Neverita) globosa, Natica domenginica
Tejonia moragai Stewart 1927 moon snail
"Neverita globosa" = Neverita (Neverita) globosa Gabb 1869 moon snail
Natica domenginica Vokes 1939 moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
Phalium tuberculiformis
Phalium tuberculiformis Gabb 1864 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae
Ficopsis remondii
Ficopsis remondii Gabb 1864 fig shell
subspecies crescentensis
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
"Ficopsis cooperiana" = Fusus (Hemifusus) cooperii
"Ficopsis cooperiana" = Fusus (Hemifusus) cooperii Gabb 1864 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
"Ectinochilus supraplicatus" = Rimella supraplicata
"Ectinochilus supraplicatus" = Rimella supraplicata Gabb 1864 true conch
 Sorbeoconcha - Xenophoridae
Xenophora cf. stocki
Xenophora cf. stocki Dickerson 1916 carrier shell
 Trochoidea - Solariellidae
Solariella crenulata
Solariella crenulata Gabb 1864 snail
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
Homalopoma umpquaensis
Homalopoma umpquaensis Merriam and Turner 1937 snail
Bivalvia
 Thraciida - Thraciidae
Thracia sorrentoensis
Thracia sorrentoensis Hanna 1927 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Pitar kelloggi" = Antigona kelloggi, "Pitar sorrentoensis" = Pitaria sorrentoensis
"Pitar kelloggi" = Antigona kelloggi Hanna 1927 venus clam
"Pitar sorrentoensis" = Pitaria sorrentoensis Hanna 1927 venus clam
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
"Glycymeris rosecanyonensis" = Glycymeris (Glycymeris) rosecanyonensis
"Glycymeris rosecanyonensis" = Glycymeris (Glycymeris) rosecanyonensis Hanna 1927 clam