Also known as USGS 14655; R1a
Where: Santa Barbara County, California (34.9° N, 120.5° W: paleocoordinates 34.7° N, 119.8° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Cebada Member (Careaga Sandstone Formation), Gelasian (2.6 - 1.8 Ma)
• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From the Cebada Member of the Careaga Sandstone, which overlies the Foxen Mudstone (mid-late Pliocene) and underlies the Paso Robles Fm (Pleistocene). AGE: Late Pliocene, on the basis of foraminiferal and macrofossil biostratigraphy.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; poorly lithified, silty sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collected by W. Woodring; reposited in the USNM
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTORS: Not reported, but assumed to be W. Woodring. REPOSITORY: Smithsonian (USNM).
Primary reference: W. P. Woodring and M.N. Bramlette. 1950. Geology and paleontology of the Santa Maria District California. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 222:1-185 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/S. Ávila]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 207642: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 26.01.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
"Lucinisca nuttallii" = Lucinisca nuttalli
"Lucinisca nuttallii" = Lucinisca nuttalli Conrad 1837 clam SUBSPECIES: Lucinisca nuttallii anticedens
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Cryptomya cf. californica Conrad 1837 softshell clam | |
"Protothaca cf. staleyi" = Leukoma staleyi, "Protothaca cf. tenerrima" = Callithaca tenerrima
"Protothaca cf. staleyi" = Leukoma staleyi Gabb 1866 venus clam
"Protothaca cf. tenerrima" = Callithaca tenerrima Carpenter 1857 venus clam | |
Macoma cf. yoldiiformis, "Macoma cf. indentata" = Macoma (Rexithaerus) indentata
Macoma cf. yoldiiformis tellin clam
"Macoma cf. indentata" = Macoma (Rexithaerus) indentata Carpenter 1864 tellin clam | |
"Panope cf. generosa" = Panopea generosa
"Panope cf. generosa" = Panopea generosa Gould 1850 clam | |
"Siliqua cf. media" = Siliqua alta
"Siliqua cf. media" = Siliqua alta Broderip and Sowerby I 1829 clam | |
"Pandora cf. punctata" = Heteroclidus punctata
"Pandora cf. punctata" = Heteroclidus punctata Conrad 1837 clam | |
Anadara trilineata Conrad 1856 ark | |
"Volsella cf. capax" = Modiolus capax
"Volsella cf. capax" = Modiolus capax Conrad 1837 mussel | |
Saccella taphria Dall 1896 pointed nut clam | |
Gastropoda | |
""Nassa" moraniana" = Caesia moraniana, ""Nassa" waldorfensis" = Caesia californiana
""Nassa" moraniana" = Caesia moraniana Martin 1914 snail
""Nassa" waldorfensis" = Caesia californiana Conrad 1856 snail | |
Trochita radians Lamarck 1816 slipper shell | |
Turritella cooperi Carpenter 1864 turret shell |