UCR 4927 (Eocene of the United States)

Where: San Diego County, California (32.9° N, 117.2° 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 200727: 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
Tejonia moragai Stewart 1927 moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Bursidae
Ranellina cf. pilsbryi
Ranellina cf. pilsbryi Stewart 1927 frog shell
 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
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Pitar kelloggi" = Antigona kelloggi, "Pitar intica" = Pitaria intica
"Pitar kelloggi" = Antigona kelloggi Hanna 1927 venus clam
"Pitar intica" = Pitaria intica Hanna 1927 venus clam
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
"Macoma rosa" = Macoma (Rexithaerus) rosa, Tellina soledadensis
"Macoma rosa" = Macoma (Rexithaerus) rosa Hanna 1927 tellin clam
Tellina soledadensis Hanna 1927 tellin clam
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella uvasana
Crassatella uvasana Conrad 1855 clam
subspecies semidentata
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
"Glycymeris cf. rosecanyonensis" = Glycymeris (Glycymeris) rosecanyonensis
"Glycymeris cf. rosecanyonensis" = Glycymeris (Glycymeris) rosecanyonensis Hanna 1927 clam