UCR 4926 (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: Scripps Formation (La Jolla Group), Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; sandstone

• inner shelf

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 200726: 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
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Bittium cliffensis
Bittium cliffensis Hanna 1927 cerith snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella andersoni, Turritella uvasana
Turritella andersoni Dickerson 1916 turret shell
subspecies lawsoni
Turritella uvasana Conrad 1855 turret shell
subspecies applinae
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Tejonia moragai, "Natica rosensis" = Natica (Carinacca) rosensis
Tejonia moragai Stewart 1927 moon snail
"Natica rosensis" = Natica (Carinacca) rosensis Hanna 1927 moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Cymatiidae
"Olequahia cf. domenginica" = Ranella domenginica
"Olequahia cf. domenginica" = Ranella domenginica Vokes 1939 snail
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
Eosurcula cf. praeattenuata, Pleurofusia ladrilloensis, Pleurofusia fresnoensis, Surculites mathewsonii
Pleurofusia ladrilloensis Hanna 1927 turrid
Pleurofusia fresnoensis Arnold 1909 turrid
Surculites mathewsonii Gabb 1864 turrid
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
"Ectinochilus supraplicatus" = Rimella supraplicata
"Ectinochilus supraplicatus" = Rimella supraplicata Gabb 1864 true conch
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
Homalopoma umpquaensis
Homalopoma umpquaensis Merriam and Turner 1937 snail
Bivalvia
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula cf. tomulata, "Corbula parilis" = Caryocorbula parilis
Corbula cf. tomulata Hanna 1927 clam
"Corbula parilis" = Caryocorbula parilis Gabb 1864 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Pitar cf. kelloggi" = Antigona kelloggi, "Pitar cf. sorrentoensis" = Pitaria sorrentoensis
"Pitar cf. kelloggi" = Antigona kelloggi Hanna 1927 venus clam
"Pitar cf. sorrentoensis" = Pitaria sorrentoensis Hanna 1927 venus clam
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Macoma cf. viticola
Macoma cf. viticola Anderson and Hanna 1925 tellin clam
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella uvasana
Crassatella uvasana Conrad 1855 clam
subspecies semidentata
 Carditida - Carditidae
"Glyptoactis cf. domenginica" = Glyptoactis (Claibornicardia) domenginica
"Glyptoactis cf. domenginica" = Glyptoactis (Claibornicardia) domenginica Vokes 1939 clam