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
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? Galeocerdo sp.
Müller and Henle 1837
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Actinopteri
- Polymixiiformes
- Polymixiidae
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Parapolymixia californica
David 1946
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Actinopteri
- Carangiformes
- Carangidae
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Caranx orolomaensis
David 1946
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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] |