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)
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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
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Anthozoa | |
Turbinolia sp. Lamarck 1816 stony coral | |
Gastropoda | |
Turritella uvasana Conrad 1855 turret shell | |
Mitra simplicissima Cooper 1894 mitre shell | |
Olivella mathewsonii Gabb 1864 olive snail | |
"Ancillaria elongata" = Ancilla (Spirancilla) gabbi
"Ancillaria elongata" = Ancilla (Spirancilla) gabbi Cossman 1899 snail | |
Chrysodomus ruckmani, "Whitneya ficus" = Strepsidura ficus
Chrysodomus ruckmani Dickerson 1915 true whelk
"Whitneya ficus" = Strepsidura ficus Gabb 1864 true whelk | |
Surcula cowlitzensis Weaver 1912 snail | |
Turris uvasana turrid
Turris monolifera Cooper 1894 turrid
"Drillia raricostata" = Pleurofusia raricostata Gabb 1864 turrid | |
"Perissolax blakei" = Pseudoperissolax blakei
"Perissolax blakei" = Pseudoperissolax blakei Conrad 1855 murex snail | |
Ficopsis hornii Gabb 1864 fig shell
Ficopsis remondii Gabb 1864 fig shell | |
"Nyctilochus washingtoniana" = Cymatium
"Nyctilochus washingtoniana" = Cymatium triton shell | |
"Amauropsis alveata" = Amaurellina moragai, "Neverita secta" = Glossaulax reclusiana
"Amauropsis alveata" = Amaurellina moragai Stewart 1927 moon snail
"Neverita secta" = Glossaulax reclusiana Deshayes 1839 moon snail | |
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Bivalvia | |
"Glycimeris eocenica" = Glycymeris (Glycymeris) eocenica, "Glycimeris sagittata" = Glycymerita sagittata
"Glycimeris eocenica" = Glycymeris (Glycymeris) eocenica Weaver 1912 clam
"Glycimeris sagittata" = Glycymerita sagittata Gabb 1864 clam | |
"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 | |
"Corbula hornii" = Caryocorbula hornii, "Corbula parilis" = Caryocorbula parilis
"Corbula hornii" = Caryocorbula hornii Gabb 1864 clam
"Corbula parilis" = Caryocorbula parilis Gabb 1864 clam | |
"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 | |
"Crassatellites mathewsonii" = Crassatella
"Crassatellites mathewsonii" = Crassatella clam | |
"Leda gabbi" = Nuculana (Saccella) gabbii
"Leda gabbi" = Nuculana (Saccella) gabbii Conrad 1866 pointed nut clam | |
Scaphopoda | |
Cadulus pusillus tusk shell | |
Dentalium stramineum Gabb 1864 tusk shell |