Seaboard Oil Corp., Oro Loma No. 1 (3141-3170 ft assemblage): Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene, California

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
? Galeocerdo sp. Müller and Henle 1837
Actinopteri - Polymixiiformes - Polymixiidae
Parapolymixia californica David 1946
Actinopteri - Carangiformes - Carangidae
Caranx orolomaensis David 1946
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:California County:Madera
Coordinates: 36.9° North, 120.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:36.7° North, 107.9° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:hand sample
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Key time interval:Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene
Age range of interval:48.60000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Kreyenhagen
Stratigraphy comments: Fossils from 3141-3170 feet below surface. Age listed in David 1946 as "Eogene" reflecting the author's interpretation of the age of the rocks as late Eocene to potentially early Oligocene. Formation as a whole now regarded as late middle Eocene to Eocene (see chapters in USGS Professional Paper 1713).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "shale"
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,mold/impression
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:191000
Authorizer:P. Holroyd Enterer:P. Holroyd
Modifier:P. Holroyd Research group:vertebrate
Created:2018-01-03 00:22:19 Last modified:2018-01-03 01:22:27
Access level:the public Released:2018-01-03 00:22:19
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

64378. L. R. David. 1946. Some typical Upper Eocene fish scales from California. Contributions to Paleontology, Carnegie Institute of Washington Publication 551:47-112 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]