UCMP 1888 Selby Smelter: Paleocene, California
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Ostraea weaveri
(Dickerson 1914)
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original and current combination Ostrea weaveri | |||||||
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Flabellidae
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Flabellum remondianum
Gabb 1864
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synonym of Flabellum cuneiforme | |||||||
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Guyniidae
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Trochocyathus zitteli
Vaughan 1900
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recombined as Palaeopsammia zitteli | |||||||
Echinoidea
- Spatangoida
- Schizasteridae
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Schizaster lecontei
Merriam 1899
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella sp.
Lamarck 1799
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Pyropsidae
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Heteroterma gabbi
Stanton 1896
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recombined as Pyropsis gabbi | |||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Perissolax tricarnatus
Weaver 1905
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recombined as Pseudoperissolax tricarnatus | |||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Brachysphingus liratus
(Gabb 1864)
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replaced by Brachysphingus sinuatus | |||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Nassariidae
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? Fusus informal n. sp.
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? Fusus sp.
Bruguière 1789
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Clavatulidae
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? Surcula informal near praeattenuata
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synonym of Turricula | |||||||
Surcula merriami
Dickerson 1914
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Gastropoda
- Ficidae
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Urosyca caudata
Gabb 1869
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Gastropoda
- Aporrhaidae
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Surcula (Surculites) inconspicua
Gabb 1869
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recombined as Tessarolax inconspicua | |||||||
Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Amauropsis martinezensis
Dickerson 1914
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Leda gabbi
(Conrad 1866)
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misspelling Nuculana gabbii | |||||||
Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Sareptidae
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Nucula (Acila) truncata
(Gabb 1864)
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synonym of Portlandia arctica | |||||||
Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Phacoides turneri
(Stanton 1896)
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recombined as Claibornites (Codalucina) turneri | |||||||
Bivalvia
- Hiatellida
- Hiatellidae
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Glycimeris sp.
(Da Costa 1778)
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original and current combination Glycymeris | |||||||
Bivalvia
- Solenida
- Solenidae
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Solen sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Cardium cooperi
(Gabb 1864)
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synonym of Nemocardium (Nemocardium) linteum | |||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Tellina sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Tellina kewi
Dickerson 1914
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recombined as Tellina (Megangulus) kewi | |||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Cucullaeidae
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Cucullaea mathewsonii
Gabb 1864
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Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Dentaliidae
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Dentalium cooperi
(Gabb 1864)
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Polychaeta
- Sabellida
- Serpulidae
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Serpula sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | California | County: | Contra Costa |
Coordinates: | 38.0° North, 122.1° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 43.9° North, 99.9° West |
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: | 190800 | ||
Authorizer: | P. Holroyd | Enterer: | P. Holroyd | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2017-12-18 00:26:33 | Last modified: | 2017-12-18 00:26:33 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2017-12-18 00:26:33 |
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] |