UCR 4993 (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 200755: 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 - Turritellidae
Turritella uvasana
Turritella uvasana Conrad 1855 turret shell
subspecies neopleura
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
Phalium cf. tuberculiformis
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
"Perse martinez" = Whitneyella martinez
"Perse martinez" = Whitneyella martinez Gabb 1864 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
"Ectinochilus supraplicatus" = Rimella supraplicata
"Ectinochilus supraplicatus" = Rimella supraplicata Gabb 1864 true conch
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Callista soledadensis
Callista soledadensis Hanna 1927 venus clam
 Cardiida - Mactridae
"Spisula bisculpturata" = Mactromeris bisculpturata
"Spisula bisculpturata" = Mactromeris bisculpturata Anderson and Hanna 1925 clam