Where: Kern County, California (34.9° N, 119.0° W: paleocoordinates 35.7° N, 105.0° 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 B. Parsons 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 207127: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 27.12.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
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"Natica hannibali" = Eocernina hannibali
"Natica hannibali" = Eocernina hannibali Dickerson 1914 snail | |
"Whitneya ficus" = Strepsidura ficus, "Siphonalia bicarinata" = Siphonalia (Nassicola) bicarinata
"Whitneya ficus" = Strepsidura ficus Gabb 1864 true whelk
"Siphonalia bicarinata" = Siphonalia (Nassicola) bicarinata Dickerson 1915 true whelk | |
Bivalvia | |
"Meretrix tejonensis" = Pitar uvasana, "Macrocallista conradiana" = Microcallista (Costacallista) conradiana
"Meretrix tejonensis" = Pitar uvasana Conrad 1855 venus clam
"Macrocallista conradiana" = Microcallista (Costacallista) conradiana Gabb 1864 venus clam | |
"Spisula merriami" = Mactromeris merriami
"Spisula merriami" = Mactromeris merriami Packard 1916 clam | |
"Corbula parilis" = Caryocorbula parilis
"Corbula parilis" = Caryocorbula parilis Gabb 1864 clam | |
"Solen parallelus" = Solena (Plectosolen) parallelus
"Solen parallelus" = Solena (Plectosolen) parallelus Gabb 1864 clam |