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
Pseudoetringus kreyenhagius n. gen., n. sp. David 1946
Wisslerius sardinelloides n. gen., n. sp. David 1946
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]