UCMP B6920 [Matilija Sandstone]: Lutetian, California

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Fruiticicoiidae
Micrarionta ? dallasi Hanna 1927
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Calyptraea diegoana (Conrad 1855)
Gastropoda - Ampullinidae
Amaurellina (Euspirocrommium) clarki Stewart 1927
recombined as Pachycrommium clarki
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella buwaldana Dickerson 1916
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Amaurellina moragai Stewart 1927
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Bonellitia ? paucivaricata (Gabb 1864)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Murex whitneyi (Gabb 1864)
recombined as Muricopsis whitneyi
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Ectinochilus (Cowlitzia) canalifer (Gabb 1864)
Ectinochilus (Cowlitzia) supraplicatus (Gabb 1864)
recombined as Rimella supraplicata
Gastropoda - Ficidae
Ficus mamillatus Gabb 1864
corrected as Ficus mamillata
Ficopsis hornii (Gabb 1864)
recombined as Priscoficus hornii
Ficopsis remondii (Gabb 1864)
recombined as Ficus remondii
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Microcallista (Costacallista) conradiana (Gabb 1864)
Macrocallista andersoni Dickerson 1915
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Psammobiidae
Gari hornii (Gabb 1864)
recombined as Gari (Gobraeus) hornii
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium (Trachycardium) brewerii Gabb 1864
recombined as Schedocardia brewerii
Cardium (Nemocardium) linteum Conrad 1855
recombined as Nemocardium (Nemocardium) linteum
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Lima sp. Bruguière 1797
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Brachidontes cowlitzensis (Weaver and Palmer 1922)
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:California County:Santa Barbara
Coordinates: 34.6° North, 120.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.3° North, 106.1° West
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Lutetian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 2
Key time interval:Lutetian
Age range of interval:47.80000 - 41.20000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Matilija Sandstone
Stratigraphy comments: Described in reference as Oligocene. Matilija Formation is Eocene per Vedder 1972 (USGS Bulletin 1354-D). AGE: revised to Lutetian and "Matilija Sandstone" following EPICC stratigraphic revision.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Museum repositories:UCMP
Metadata
Also known as:LSJU 2219
Database number:194413
Authorizer:E. Clites Enterer:E. Clites
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2018-06-19 17:43:46 Last modified:2020-06-17 23:54:23
Access level:the public Released:2018-06-19 17:43:46
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
66022. D. M. Weaver and R. M. Kleinpell. 1963. Oligocene biostratigraphy of the Santa Barbara embayment, California: Part II: Mollusca from the Turritella variata zone. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 43:81-164 [E. Clites/E. Clites]