UCMP 459, 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 estimated from map

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

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

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Roy Cohn and R. E. Dickerson

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 207123: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 27.12.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
"Leda gabbi" = Nuculana (Saccella) gabbii Conrad 1866 pointed nut clam
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
"Glycimeris sagittata" = Glycymerita sagittata
"Glycimeris sagittata" = Glycymerita sagittata Gabb 1864 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
"Cardium cf. olequahensis" = Schedocardia olequahensis, "Cardium brewerii" = Schedocardia brewerii
"Cardium cf. olequahensis" = Schedocardia olequahensis Weaver 1912 cockle
"Cardium brewerii" = Schedocardia brewerii Gabb 1864 cockle
 Cardiida - Psammobiidae
"Psammobia hornii" = Gari (Gobraeus) hornii
"Psammobia hornii" = Gari (Gobraeus) hornii Gabb 1864 clam
 Cardiida - Mactridae
"Spisula merriami" = Mactromeris merriami
"Spisula merriami" = Mactromeris merriami Packard 1916 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Dosinia elevata" = Cyclinella elevata, "Meretrix ovalis" = Cyclinella elevata, "Meretrix tejonensis" = Pitar uvasana, "Meretrix hornii" = Macrocallista (Costacallista) hornii, "Macrocallista conradiana" = Microcallista (Costacallista) conradiana
"Dosinia elevata" = Cyclinella elevata Gabb 1864 venus clam
"Meretrix ovalis" = Cyclinella elevata Gabb 1864 venus clam
"Meretrix tejonensis" = Pitar uvasana Conrad 1855 venus clam
"Meretrix hornii" = Macrocallista (Costacallista) hornii Gabb 1864 venus clam
"Macrocallista conradiana" = Microcallista (Costacallista) conradiana Gabb 1864 venus clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
"Corbula hornii" = Caryocorbula hornii
"Corbula hornii" = Caryocorbula hornii Gabb 1864 clam
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
"Cadulus pusillus" = Dentalium pusillum
"Cadulus pusillus" = Dentalium pusillum Gabb 1864 tusk shell
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
"Rimella simplex" = Rimella supraplicata
"Rimella simplex" = Rimella supraplicata Gabb 1864 true conch
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Volutilithes sp. Swainson 1829 volute
as "Volutilithes, n. sp."
 Neogastropoda - Ancillariidae
"Ancillaria elongata" = Ancilla (Spirancilla) gabbi
"Ancillaria elongata" = Ancilla (Spirancilla) gabbi Cossman 1899 snail
 Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae
Surcula cowlitzensis Weaver 1912 snail
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus hornii Gabb 1864 cone shell
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
"Whitneya ficus" = Strepsidura ficus
"Whitneya ficus" = Strepsidura ficus Gabb 1864 true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Pseudolividae
"Pseudoliva volutaeformis" = Calorebama volutaeformis
"Pseudoliva volutaeformis" = Calorebama volutaeformis Gabb 1864 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Naticina obliqua, "Amauropsis alveata" = Amaurellina moragai, "Lunatia nuciformis" = Polinices (Euspira) nuciformis, "Neverita secta" = Glossaulax reclusiana
Naticina obliqua Gabb 1864 moon snail
"Amauropsis alveata" = Amaurellina moragai Stewart 1927 moon snail
"Lunatia nuciformis" = Polinices (Euspira) nuciformis Gabb 1864 moon snail
"Neverita secta" = Glossaulax reclusiana Deshayes 1839 moon snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella uvasana Conrad 1855 turret shell
also T. u. bicarinata