Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve, Torrey Fm. (Eocene of the United States)

Where: San Diego County, California (32.9° N, 117.3° W: paleocoordinates 33.6° N, 103.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Torrey Formation, Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)

• Torrey Sandstone

Environment/lithology: coastal; medium-grained, coarse, brown, white sandstone

• white to light-brown, medium- to coarse- grained, arkosic sandstone. It is massive, poorly consolidated, and characterized by large-scale crossbedding.

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. P. Kennedy and G. W. Moore. 1971. Stratigraphic relations of Upper Cretaceous and Eocene Formations, San Diego coastal area, California. AAPG Bulletin 55(5):709-722 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 204961: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 01.10.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
"Ostrea cf. idriaensis" = Acutostrea idriaensis
"Ostrea cf. idriaensis" = Acutostrea idriaensis Gabb 1869 oyster
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
"Acanthocardia cf. brewerii" = Schedocardia brewerii
"Acanthocardia cf. brewerii" = Schedocardia brewerii Gabb 1864 cockle