UCMP 532: Paleocene, California
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella polynominata n. sp.
Hanna 1924
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Merriam 1941 | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Ficidae
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Perissolax informal n. sp.
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= Perissolax gabbi n. sp.
Dickerson 1916
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Dickerson 1916 | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Thraciida
- Thraciidae
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Thracia karquinezensis
(Weaver 1905)
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| original and current combination Thracia karquinesensis | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Solenida
- Solenidae
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Solen stantoni
Weaver 1905
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| recombined as Solena (Eosolen) stantoni | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | California | County: | Contra Costa |
| Coordinates: | 38.0° North, 122.2° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 43.9° North, 100.0° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Paleocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 1 | ||
| Key time interval: | Paleocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 66.00000 - 56.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Martinez | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Martinez Fm. discussed as Eocene by Dickerson 1914, but rocks now regarded as Paleocene following Stewart, Ralph, 1949, Lower Tertiary stratigraphy of Mount Diablo, Marysville Buttes, and west border of lower Central Valley of California: U.S. Geological Survey Oil and Gas Investigations Preliminary Chart, OC-34. |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Museum repositories: | UCMP |
Metadata
| Database number: | 190774 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Holroyd, J. Marcot | Enterer: | P. Holroyd, J. Marcot | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2017-12-17 22:39:05 | Last modified: | 2017-12-17 22:39:05 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2017-12-17 22:39:05 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 64128. | R. E. Dickerson. 1914. Fauna of the Martinez Eocene of California. Bulletin of the Department of Geology, University of California 6:61-180 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/A. Hendy] |
Secondary references:
| 72885 | R. E. Dickerson. 1916. Stratigraphy and fauna of the Tejon Eocene of California. University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geology 9(17):363-524 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot] | |
| 24235 | C. W. Merriam. 1941. Fossil Turritellas from the Pacific Coast region of North America. University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 26(1):1-214 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |