UCR 4968 (Eocene of the United States)

Where: San Diego County, California (32.8° N, 117.2° W: paleocoordinates 33.0° N, 104.0° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Friars Formation (La Jolla Group), Early/Lower Uintan (46.2 - 39.7 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lagoonal; siltstone

• 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 200756: 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
 Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae
Ficopsis remondii
Ficopsis remondii Gabb 1864 fig shell
subspecies crescentensis
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
Phalium tuberculiformis
Phalium tuberculiformis Gabb 1864 snail
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Callista tecolotensis" = Macrocallista tecolotensis
"Callista tecolotensis" = Macrocallista tecolotensis Hanna 1927 venus clam
 Cardiida - Mactridae
"Spisula bisculpturata" = Mactromeris bisculpturata
"Spisula bisculpturata" = Mactromeris bisculpturata Anderson and Hanna 1925 clam
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
"Tellina castacana" = Tellina (Angulus) castacana
"Tellina castacana" = Tellina (Angulus) castacana Anderson and Hanna 1925 tellin clam