Lodo Fm (general list): Paleocene, California

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium cooperi (Gabb 1864)
Gastropoda
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
? Epitonium aff. cookii Gardner 1933
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Calyptraea cf. mamillaris (Broderip 1834)
Calyptraea diegoana (Conrad 1855)
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritellidae indet. Lovén 1847
Turritella pachecoensis Stanton 1896
Turritella reversa Waring 1917
Turritella infragranulata Gabb 1864
Turritella stocki Merriam 1941
Gastropoda - Metacerithiidae
Metacerithium packardi Nelson 1925
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Lacunaria aff. striata (Gabb 1869)
original and current combination Ampullina striata
? Ampullella cf. schencki Vokes 1939
synonym of Natica pinyonensis
Crommium andersoni Dickerson 1914
Polinices cf. nuciformis (Gabb 1864)
Polinices susanaensis Nelson 1925
Polinices aff. rectus Tegland 1933
synonym of Polinices washingtonensis
? Polinices cf. pinyonensis (Dickerson 1914)
original and current combination Natica pinyonensis
Gastropoda - Bursidae
? Ranellina aff. pilsbryi Stewart 1927
Gastropoda - Cymatiidae
aff. Murex (aff. Argobuccinum) aff. mansfieldi
    = Ranella louellae Beu 1988
Beu 1988
type locality is actually UCLA 6456
Gastropoda - Cypraeidae
Gisortia cf. clarki Ingram 1940
Gisortia cf. clarki
Cypraea sp. Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda - Ficidae
Priscoficus caudatus (Gabb 1869)
original and current combination Urosyca caudata
misspelled as "Priscoficus caudata"
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbariidae
Columbarium sp. von Martens 1881
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Ptychatractidae
"Exilia" cf. taliaferroi Vokes 1939
misspelled as "? Exilia cf. talliaferroi"
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Olivella sp. Swainson 1831
Olivella mathewsonii Gabb 1864
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
? Fusinus simiensis Nelson 1925
"Latirus" buwaldana (Dickerson 1915)
original and current combination Fasciolaria buwaldana
Latirus sp. Monfort 1810
Latirus cf. roseburgensis Hendon 1938
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Pseudoliva sp. Swainson 1840
    = Brachysphingus mammilatus Clark and Woodford 1927
Squires 1999
Brachysphingus sinuatus Gabb 1869
Brachysphingus liratus (Gabb 1864)
replaced by Brachysphingus sinuatus
Colubraria (Colubraria) sp. Schumacher 1817
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
? Neptunea mucronata Gabb 1869
recombined as Sycum mucronatum
Fusinus calabasasensis Nelson 1925
misspelled as "Fusinus calabasensis"
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Retipirula crassitesta (Gabb 1869)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Pseudoperissolax blakei (Conrad 1855)
Typhis sp. Montfort 1810
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Tudiclidae
Heteroterma trochoidea Gabb 1869
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae
? Turricula sp. Schumacher 1817
? Turricula waringi Nelson 1925
? Surcula merriami Dickerson 1914
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Pleurofusia sp. (de Gregorio 1890)
Pleurofusia aff. fresnoensis (Arnold 1909)
? Surculites mathewsonii (Gabb 1864)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pyropsidae
Heteroterma striata Stanton 1896
recombined as Pyropsis striata
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Physidae
Physa sp. Draparnaud 1801
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Tornatellaea pinguis (Gabb 1864)
recombined as Ringicula (Ringicula) pinguis
Gilbertina sp. Morlett 1888
misspelled as "Gilbertia sp."
Gastropoda - Turbinidae
Macrarene sp. Hertlein and Strong 1951
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Retusidae
Cylichnina cf. tantilla (Anderson and Hanna 1925)
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Acila (Truncacila) decisa (Conrad 1855)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
? Meretrix stantoni Dickerson 1914
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
? Arctica weaveri (Dickerson 1914)
recombined as Mactromeris weaveri
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Eomiltha turneri (Stanton 1896)
recombined as Claibornites (Codalucina) turneri
Saxolucina sp. (Stewart 1930)
original and current combination Claibornites (Saxolucina)
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella sp. Lamarck 1799
? Cyrena cf. studleyi (Dickerson 1914)
recombined as Crassatella studleyi
Crassatella compacta Gabb 1869
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia mulleri Verástegui 1953
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Brachidontes lawsoni (Nelson 1925)
recombined as Brachidontes (Brachidontes) lawsoni
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymerita major (Stanton 1896)
as ssp. "Glycymeris veatchii major"
Bivalvia - Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea mathewsonii Gabb 1864
unclassified
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida
Eogryphus cf. tolmani Hertlein and Grant IV 1944
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Oculinidae
? Archohelia sp. Vaughan 1919
synonym of Petrophyllia
misspelled as "Archoheia sp. ?"
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Deltocyathus whitei Durham 1943
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Flabellidae
Flabellum remondianum Gabb 1864
synonym of Flabellum cuneiforme
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:California County:Fresno
Coordinates: 36.6° North, 120.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:41.1° North, 99.7° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Paleocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 1
*Period:Early/Lower Tertiary *Local age/stage:Martinez
Key time interval:Paleocene
Age range of interval:66.00000 - 56.00000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Lodo Member:Moreno
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:red or brown lithified mudstone
Secondary lithology:glauconitic lithified sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: mudstone refered to as purplish-brown in color
Environment:offshore
Geology comments: Moreno mudstone deposited in deep water offshore environment, sandstone deposited as a result of a submarine canyon.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,cast,mold/impression
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some genera,some macrofossils
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:11117
Authorizer:A. Miller, J. Marcot Enterer:C. Ferguson, J. Marcot
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2001-07-18 09:56:05 Last modified:2022-02-19 23:17:40
Access level:the public Released:2001-07-18 09:56:05
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
4090. J. T. Smith. 1975. Age, Correlation and Possible Tethyan Affinities of Mollusks from the Lodo Formation of Fresno County, California. Paleogene Symposium & Selected Technical Papers: Conference on Future Energy Horizons of the Pacific Coast 464-483 [A. Miller/C. Ferguson]

Secondary references:

58568 A. G. Beu. 1988. Taxonomy of gastropods of the families Ranellidae (=Cymatiidae) and Bursidae. Part 5. Early history of the families, with four new genera and recognition of the family Personidae. Saito Ho-on Kai Museum Special Publication 69-106 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]
71392 R. L. Squires. 1999. Upper Paleocene to Lower Eocene ("Meganos Stage") Marine Megafossils in the Uppermost Santa Susana Formation, Simi Valley, Southern California. Contributions in Science, Los Angeles County Museum 479:1-38 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]