UCMP 1743: Paleocene, California

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatellites unioides (Stanton 1896)
original and current combination Crassatella unioides
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya nasuta Gabb 1864
Bivalvia - Solenida - Solenidae
Solen sp. Linnaeus 1758
Solen stantoni Weaver 1905
recombined as Solena (Eosolen) stantoni
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Teredinidae
Teredo sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
? Paphia clarki Dickerson 1914
Meretrix dalli Dickerson 1914
replaced by Pitaria praenominata
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium cooperi (Gabb 1864)
synonym of Nemocardium (Nemocardium) linteum
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina undulifera Gabb 1869
recombined as Tellina (Saulella) undulifera
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycimeris veatchii (Gabb 1864)
    = Glycymerita major Stanton 1896
Hendy 2020
Bivalvia - Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea mathewsonii Gabb 1864
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Leda gabbi (Conrad 1866)
nomen nudum belonging to Nuculanidae
Leda packardi Dickerson 1914
recombined as Nuculana (Saccella) packardi
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella infragranulata Gabb 1864
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Neptunea mucronata Gabb 1869
recombined as Sycum mucronatum
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae
Surcula merriami Dickerson 1914
Gastropoda - Ranellidae
Tritonium martinezensis Dickerson 1914
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Natica (Gyrodes) lineata Dickerson 1914
synonym of Ampullina striata
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Cylichna costata Gabb 1864
recombined as Scaphander (Mirascapha) costatus
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Ringinella pinguis (Gabb 1864)
recombined as Ringicula (Ringicula) pinguis
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium cooperi (Gabb 1864)
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Cancellothyrididae
Terebratulina tejonensis Stanton 1896
Osteichthyes
Osteichthyes indet. Huxley 1880
"fish tooth"
Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Schizasteridae
Schizaster lecontei Merriam 1899
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Flabellidae
Flabellum remondianum Gabb 1864
synonym of Flabellum cuneiforme
unclassified
Plantae indet. Haeckel 1866
"leaf"
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:190786
Authorizer:P. Holroyd, A. Hendy Enterer:P. Holroyd, A. Hendy
Modifier:P. Holroyd Research group:marine invertebrate,vertebrate
Created:2017-12-17 22:42:15 Last modified:2017-12-17 23:17:00
Access level:the public Released:2017-12-17 22:42:15
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]