UCMP loc. 458, Grapevine Creek: Bartonian, California
collected by Roy Cohn and R. E. Dickerson

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium stramineum Gabb 1864
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799
as "Turritella, n. sp."
Turritella uvasana Conrad 1855
Nomland 1916
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Calyptraea excentrica (Gabb 1864)
synonym of Calyptraea diegoana
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Neverita secta Gabb 1864
synonym of Glossaulax reclusiana
Lunatia hornii Gabb 1864
recombined as Polinices hornii
Amauropsis alveata (Conrad 1855)
Nomland 1916
replaced by Amaurellina moragai
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Nyctilochus washingtoniana (Weaver 1912)
recombined as Perse washingtoniana
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Pseudoliva inornata n. sp. Dickerson 1915
Whitneya ficus Gabb 1864
recombined as Strepsidura ficus
Chrysodomus ruckmani Dickerson 1915
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Cancellaria stantoni Dickerson 1913
synonym of Bonellitia (Admetula) paucivaricata
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pseudolividae
Pseudoliva volutaeformis Gabb 1864
recombined as Calorebama volutaeformis
Pseudoliva tejonensis Dickerson 1915
synonym of Pseudoliva inornata
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae
Surcula washingtoniana (Weaver 1912)
Surcula cowlitzensis Weaver 1912
Surcula uvasana n. sp. Dickerson 1915
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus californiana (Conrad 1855)
Conus cowlitzensis Weaver 1912
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Turris sp. Röding 1798
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Perissolax blakei (Conrad 1855)
Nomland 1916
recombined as Pseudoperissolax blakei
Gastropoda - Cassidae
Galeodea tuberculata (Gabb 1864)
recombined as Phalium (Semicassis) tuberculiformis
Gastropoda - Ranellidae
Nyctilochus californicus (Gabb 1869)
recombined as Gyrineum californicum
Nyctilochus kewi n. sp. Dickerson 1915
recombined as Ameranella kewi
Nyctilochus sp. Gistel 1848
synonym of Cymatium
as "Nyctilochus, n. sp."
Gastropoda - Ficidae
Ficopsis cowlitzensis (Weaver 1912)
recombined as Priscoficus cowlitzensis
Ficopsis remondii (Gabb 1864)
Nomland 1916
recombined as Ficus remondii
Ficopsis hornii (Gabb 1864)
recombined as Priscoficus hornii
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycimeris ruckmani n. sp. Dickerson 1915
recombined as Glycymeris (Tucetona) ruckmani
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium brewerii Gabb 1864
Nomland 1916
recombined as Schedocardia brewerii
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Meretrix tejonensis Dickerson 1915
synonym of Pitar uvasana
Macrocallista conradiana (Gabb 1864)
recombined as Microcallista (Costacallista) conradiana
Meretrix hornii Gabb 1864
recombined as Callista (Costacallista) hornii
Meretrix ovalis Gabb 1864
synonym of Cyclinella elevata
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula hornii Gabb 1864
recombined as Caryocorbula hornii
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucina nasuta Gabb 1864
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatellites grandis Gabb 1864
synonym of Crassatella uvasana
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia planicosta Lamarck 1801
Nomland 1916
subsp. hornii
    = Venericardia (Pacificor) hornii Gabb 1864
Hendy 2020
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Dendrophyllia tejonensis n. sp. Nomland 1916
Nomland 1916
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:California County:Kern
Coordinates: 34.9° North, 118.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:34.5° North, 107.0° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Bartonian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 3
Key time interval:Bartonian
Age range of interval:41.20000 - 37.71000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Tejon
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:brown sandstone
Secondary lithology:gray "shale"
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:UCMP
Collectors:Roy Cohn and R. E. Dickerson
Metadata
Also known as:Old Fort Tejon
Database number:122340
Authorizer:W. Kiessling, J. Marcot, A. Hendy Enterer:U. Merkel, J. Marcot, A. Hendy
Modifier:J. Marcot Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2011-12-21 22:42:15 Last modified:2020-12-08 00:27:49
Access level:the public Released:2011-12-21 22:42:15
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
71303. 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]

Secondary references:

71229 R. Arnold. 1906. Tertiary and Quaternary pectens of California. USGS Professional Paper 47:1-264 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
63217 A. J. W. Hendy. 2020. Unpublished taxonomic backbone for Eastern Pacific Invertebrate Communities of the Cenozoic (EPICC) Thematic Collections Network. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
38924 J. O. Nomland. 1916. Corals from the Cretaceous and Tertiary of California and Oregon. University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geology 9(5):59-76 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/P. Holroyd]