UCR 4997 (Eocene of the United States)

Where: San Diego County, California (32.8° N, 117.1° W: paleocoordinates 33.5° N, 103.1° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Mission Valley Formation (Poway Group), Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lagoonal; sandstone

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 200763: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 15.04.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella uvasana Conrad 1855 turret shell
subspecies cf. uvasana
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Tejonia moragai Stewart 1927 moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
Ectinochilus canalifer Gabb 1864 true conch
 Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae
Ficopsis hornii Gabb 1864 fig shell
 Neogastropoda - Perissityidae
Nekewis io Gabb 1864 snail
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus hornii Gabb 1864 cone shell
subspecies hornii
Bivalvia
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella uvasana Conrad 1855 clam
subspecies uvasana
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Cyclinella cf. elevata, "Callista andersoni" = Macrocallista andersoni, "Pitar uvasanus" = Pitar uvasana
Cyclinella cf. elevata Gabb 1864 venus clam
"Callista andersoni" = Macrocallista andersoni Dickerson 1915 venus clam
"Pitar uvasanus" = Pitar uvasana Conrad 1855 venus clam
subspecies uvasanus
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Macoma viticola Anderson and Hanna 1925 tellin clam
Tellina tehachapi Anderson and Hanna 1925 tellin clam
 Cardiida - Psammobiidae
"Gari hornii" = Gari (Gobraeus) hornii
"Gari hornii" = Gari (Gobraeus) hornii Gabb 1864 clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
"Corbula parilis" = Caryocorbula parilis
"Corbula parilis" = Caryocorbula parilis Gabb 1864 clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Brachidontes cowlitzensis Weaver and Palmer 1922 mussel
 Arcida - Arcidae
Pachecoa hornii Gabb 1864 clam