UCR 4953 (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: upper Member (Scripps Formation), 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 200738: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 15.04.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Psammobiidae
"Gari hornii" = Gari (Gobraeus) hornii
"Gari hornii" = Gari (Gobraeus) hornii Gabb 1864 clam
 Cardiida - Mactridae
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Callista cf. soledadensis Hanna 1927 venus clam
Gastropoda
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
Eocernina hannibali Dickerson 1914 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
"Ectinochilus supraplicatus" = Rimella supraplicata
"Ectinochilus supraplicatus" = Rimella supraplicata Gabb 1864 true conch
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
"Phalium tuberculiformis" = Coalingodea tuberculiformis
"Phalium tuberculiformis" = Coalingodea tuberculiformis Gabb 1864 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Tejonia moragai Stewart 1927 moon snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella uvasana Conrad 1855 turret shell
subspecies neuropleura