UCMP loc. 451, Grapevine Canyon (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Kern County, California (34.9° N, 118.9° W: paleocoordinates 35.7° N, 104.8° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Tejon Formation, Eocene (56.0 - 33.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marginal marine; brown sandstone and gray shale

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Bruce Martin

Primary reference: R. E. Dickerson. 1915. Fauna of the Type Tejon: Its relation to the Cowlitz Phase of the Tejon Group of Washington. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 5(3):33-98 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 207115: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 27.12.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Turbinoliidae
Turbinolia sp. Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell
as "Turritella, n. sp."
Turritella uvasana Conrad 1855 turret shell
 Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Mitra simplicissima Cooper 1894 mitre shell
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
Olivella mathewsonii Gabb 1864 olive snail
 Neogastropoda - Ancillariidae
"Ancillaria elongata" = Ancilla (Spirancilla) gabbi
"Ancillaria elongata" = Ancilla (Spirancilla) gabbi Cossman 1899 snail
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Chrysodomus ruckmani Dickerson 1915 true whelk
"Whitneya ficus" = Strepsidura ficus Gabb 1864 true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae
Surcula cowlitzensis Weaver 1912 snail
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
Turris monolifera Cooper 1894 turrid
"Drillia raricostata" = Pleurofusia raricostata Gabb 1864 turrid
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
"Perissolax blakei" = Pseudoperissolax blakei
"Perissolax blakei" = Pseudoperissolax blakei Conrad 1855 murex snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae
Ficopsis hornii Gabb 1864 fig shell
Ficopsis remondii Gabb 1864 fig shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Ranellidae
"Nyctilochus washingtoniana" = Cymatium
"Nyctilochus washingtoniana" = Cymatium triton shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
"Amauropsis alveata" = Amaurellina moragai, "Neverita secta" = Glossaulax reclusiana
"Amauropsis alveata" = Amaurellina moragai Stewart 1927 moon snail
"Neverita secta" = Glossaulax reclusiana Deshayes 1839 moon snail
 Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Odostomia sp. Fleming 1817 snail
as "Odostomia, sp. a"
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
"Glycimeris eocenica" = Glycymeris (Glycymeris) eocenica, "Glycimeris sagittata" = Glycymerita sagittata
"Glycimeris eocenica" = Glycymeris (Glycymeris) eocenica Weaver 1912 clam
"Glycimeris sagittata" = Glycymerita sagittata Gabb 1864 clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
"Lucina cumulata" = Divaricella (Egracina) cumulata, "Lucina gyrata" = Gibbolucina (Eomiltha) gyrata
"Lucina cumulata" = Divaricella (Egracina) cumulata Gabb 1864 clam
"Lucina gyrata" = Gibbolucina (Eomiltha) gyrata Gabb 1864 clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
"Corbula hornii" = Caryocorbula hornii, "Corbula parilis" = Caryocorbula parilis
"Corbula hornii" = Caryocorbula hornii Gabb 1864 clam
"Corbula parilis" = Caryocorbula parilis Gabb 1864 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Macrocallista conradiana" = Microcallista (Costacallista) conradiana, "Meretrix hornii" = Macrocallista (Costacallista) hornii, "Meretrix uvasana" = Pitar uvasana, "Meretrix ovalis" = Cyclinella elevata
"Macrocallista conradiana" = Microcallista (Costacallista) conradiana Gabb 1864 venus clam
"Meretrix hornii" = Macrocallista (Costacallista) hornii Gabb 1864 venus clam
"Meretrix uvasana" = Pitar uvasana Conrad 1855 venus clam
"Meretrix ovalis" = Cyclinella elevata Gabb 1864 venus clam
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
"Crassatellites mathewsonii" = Crassatella
"Crassatellites mathewsonii" = Crassatella clam
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
"Leda gabbi" = Nuculana (Saccella) gabbii Conrad 1866 pointed nut clam
Scaphopoda
 Gadilida - Gadilidae
Cadulus pusillus tusk shell
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium stramineum Gabb 1864 tusk shell