UCR 4982 (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 200749: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 15.04.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
"Scaphander costatus" = Scaphander (Mirascapha) costatus
"Scaphander costatus" = Scaphander (Mirascapha) costatus Gabb 1864 snail
 Neritoidea - Neritidae
"Philine bisculptata" = Otostoma bisculptata
"Philine bisculptata" = Otostoma bisculptata Hanna 1927 oreodont
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
Eocernina hannibali Dickerson 1914 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Tejonia cf. moragai Stewart 1927 moon snail
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
Pleurofusia cf. fresnoensis Arnold 1909 turrid
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Terebrifusus howei Hanna 1927 true whelk
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
Phalium tuberculiformis Gabb 1864 snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella uvasana Conrad 1855 turret shell
subspecies neopleura
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Mercimonia cf. bunkeri, "Callista cf. tecolotensis" = Macrocallista tecolotensis, "Pitar uvasanus" = Pitar uvasana
Mercimonia cf. bunkeri Hanna 1927 venus clam
"Callista cf. tecolotensis" = Macrocallista tecolotensis Hanna 1927 venus clam
"Pitar uvasanus" = Pitar uvasana Conrad 1855 venus clam
subspecies uvasanus
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Macoma viticola Anderson and Hanna 1925 tellin clam
"Tellina castacana" = Tellina (Angulus) castacana Anderson and Hanna 1925 tellin clam
 Cardiida - Psammobiidae
"Gari hornii" = Gari (Gobraeus) hornii
"Gari hornii" = Gari (Gobraeus) hornii Gabb 1864 clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
"Glyptoactis domenginica" = Glyptoactis (Claibornicardia) domenginica
"Glyptoactis domenginica" = Glyptoactis (Claibornicardia) domenginica Vokes 1939 clam