Seaboard Oil Corp., Welch No. 1: Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene, California
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri
- Clupeiformes
- Clupeoidei
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Pseudoetringus kreyenhagius n. gen., n. sp.
David 1946
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Wisslerius sardinelloides n. gen., n. sp.
David 1946
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | California | County: | Fresno |
Coordinates: | 36.6° North, 120.5° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 36.4° North, 108.1° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
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 4037 to 4245 feet and deeper 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: | 191013 | ||
Authorizer: | P. Holroyd | Enterer: | P. Holroyd |
Modifier: | P. Holroyd | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2018-01-04 00:58:32 | Last modified: | 2018-01-04 00:59:59 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-01-04 00:58:32 |
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] |