UCR 4917 (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: Delmar 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 200733: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 15.04.2019

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Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
 Neritoidea - Neritidae
"Nerita triangulata" = Nerita (Theliostyla) triangulata
"Nerita triangulata" = Nerita (Theliostyla) triangulata Gabb 1869 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Crommium andersoni
Crommium andersoni Dickerson 1914 moon snail
 Cerithioidea - Potamididae
Potamides carbonicola
Potamides carbonicola Cooper 1894 horn snail
 Cerithioidea - Melanopsidae
Loxotrema turritum
Loxotrema turritum Gabb 1869 snail
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
"Ostrea cf. idriaensis" = Acutostrea idriaensis
"Ostrea cf. idriaensis" = Acutostrea idriaensis Gabb 1869 oyster
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Myrtucina roseburgensis
Myrtucina roseburgensis Turner 1938 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Pelecyora aequilateralis
Pelecyora aequilateralis Gabb 1869 venus clam
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
"Tellina cf. jollaensis" = Tellina (Angulus) jollaensis
"Tellina cf. jollaensis" = Tellina (Angulus) jollaensis Dickerson 1916 tellin clam