UCMP 1543: Paleocene, California
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Ringiculidae
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Ringinella pinguis
(Gabb 1864)
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| recombined as Ringicula (Ringicula) pinguis | |||||||
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Gastropoda
- Epitoniidae
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Acrilla (Ferminoscala) berthiaumei
Durham 1937
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Durham 1937 | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Lunatia hornii
Gabb 1864
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| recombined as Polinices hornii | |||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Olividae
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Olivella claytonensis n. sp.
Dickerson 1914
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Melongenidae
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Neptunea mucronata
Gabb 1869
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| recombined as Sycum mucronatum | |||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Brachysphingus liratus
(Gabb 1864)
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| replaced by Brachysphingus sinuatus | |||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Clavatulidae
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Surcula merriami
Dickerson 1914
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turridae
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Fusus mathewsonii
Gabb 1864
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| recombined as Surculites mathewsonii | |||||||
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Gastropoda
- Discohelicidae
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Discohelix sp.
Dunker 1847
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Crassatellites unioides
(Stanton 1896)
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| original and current combination Crassatella unioides | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Tellina informal sp. b
Linnaeus 1758
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| 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: | 190776 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Holroyd, J. Marcot | Enterer: | P. Holroyd, J. Marcot |
| Modifier: | P. Holroyd | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2017-12-17 22:39:30 | Last modified: | 2017-12-18 00:00:24 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2017-12-17 22:39:30 |
| 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:
| 58580 | J. W. Durham. 1937. Gastropods of the Family Epitoniidae from Mesozoic and Cenozoic Rocks of the West Coast of North America, including One New Species by F. E. Turner and One by R. A. Bramkamp. Journal of Paleontology 11(6):479-512 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner] |