UCMP 1580: Paleocene, California

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium cooperi (Gabb 1864)
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella pachecoensis Stanton 1896
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Amauropsis martinezensis Dickerson 1914
Lunatia hornii Gabb 1864
recombined as Polinices hornii
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Brachysphingus liratus (Gabb 1864)
replaced by Brachysphingus sinuatus
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Neptunea mucronata Gabb 1869
recombined as Sycum mucronatum
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Turris sp. Röding 1798
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Perissolax tricarnatus Weaver 1905
recombined as Pseudoperissolax tricarnatus
Gastropoda - Ficidae
Urosyca caudata Gabb 1869
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Lima haseltinei Dickerson 1914
recombined as Acesta (Plicacesta) haseltinei
Bivalvia - Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea mathewsonii Gabb 1864
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycimeris veatchii (Gabb 1864)
    = Glycymerita major Stanton 1896
Hendy 2020
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium cooperi (Gabb 1864)
synonym of Nemocardium (Nemocardium) linteum
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
? Macrocallista packi n. sp. Dickerson 1914
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatellites grandis Gabb 1864
synonym of Crassatella uvasana
Crassatellites unioides (Stanton 1896)
original and current combination Crassatella unioides
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Flabellidae
Flabellum remondianum Gabb 1864
synonym of Flabellum cuneiforme
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Guyniidae
Trochocyathus zitteli Vaughan 1900
recombined as Palaeopsammia zitteli
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:190781
Authorizer:P. Holroyd, A. Hendy Enterer:P. Holroyd, A. Hendy
Modifier:E. Orzechowski Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2017-12-17 22:41:05 Last modified:2018-06-08 17:51:39
Access level:the public Released:2017-12-17 22:41:05
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:

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]