Crown Point: Late/Upper Pleistocene, California

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Serridens oblonga
Valentine 1959
Echinoidea - Camarodonta - Strongylocentrotidae
Strongylocentrotus purpuratus (Stimpson 1857)
original and current combination Echinus purpuratus
Thecostraca - Balanomorpha - Coronulidae
Coronula sp. Bruguière 1792
Taylor et al. 2019
Coronula diadema (Linnaeus 1767)
Taylor et al. 2019
Cryptolepas murata Zullo 1961
Taylor et al. 2019
Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Fissurella volcano Reeve 1849
Valentine 1959
Gastropoda - Skeneidae
Liotia acuticostata (Carpenter 1864)
Valentine 1959
recombined as Parviturbo acuticostatus
Gastropoda - Turbinidae
Pomaulax undosus (Wood 1828)
Valentine 1959
recombined as Megastraea undosa
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Tegula ligulata (Menke 1850)
Valentine 1959
Halistylus pupoideus (Carpenter 1864)
Valentine 1959
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crepidula onyx Sowerby 1824
Valentine 1959
Crucibulum spinosum Conrad 1855
Valentine 1959
Gastropoda - Cerithiopsidae
Seila montereyensis Bartsch 1907
Valentine 1959
Gastropoda - Tornidae
Pseudorotella supravallata (Carpenter 1864)
Valentine 1959
Gastropoda - Caecidae
Caecum californicum Dall 1885
Valentine 1959
Gastropoda - Rissoidae
Alvania acutelirata (Carpenter 1864)
Valentine 1959
synonym of Actonia compacta
Rissoina nereina Bartsch 1915
Valentine 1959
Gastropoda - Barleeiidae
Barleeia haliotiphila Carpenter 1864
Valentine 1959
Gastropoda - Hipponicidae
Hipponix tumens (Carpenter 1864)
Valentine 1959
Gastropoda - Littorinidae
Littorina scutulata Gould 1849
Valentine 1959
recombined as Littorina (Littorina) scutulata
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Neverita reclusiana (Deshayes 1839)
Valentine 1959
recombined as Glossaulax reclusiana
subspecies alta and imperferforata
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Olivella biplicata (Sowerby 1825)
Valentine 1959
recombined as Callianax biplicata
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
"Nassa" fossata (Gould 1849)
Valentine 1959
recombined as Caesia fossatus
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
Epitonium sp. Bolten 1798
Valentine 1959
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Coleophysis harpa (Dall 1871)
Valentine 1959
recombined as Acteocina harpa
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Turbonilla sp. Risso 1826
Valentine 1959
Turbonilla torquata (Gould 1853)
Valentine 1959
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium neohexagonum Sharp and Pilsbry 1897
Valentine 1959
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Amiantis callosa (Conrad 1837)
Valentine 1959
Saxidomus nutalli
Valentine 1959
Chione californiensis (Broderip and Sowerby I 1835)
Valentine 1959
Protothaca staminea (Conrad 1837)
Valentine 1959
recombined as Leukoma staminea
Tivela stultorum (Mawe 1823)
Valentine 1959
recombined as Tivela (Pachydesma) stultorum
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Schizothaerus nuttali
Valentine 1959
synonym of Tresus
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Semelidae
Semele decisa (Conrad 1837)
Valentine 1959
recombined as Semele (Semele) decisa
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Donacidae
Donax gouldi (Dall 1921)
Valentine 1959
recombined as Donax (Donax) gouldii
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Macoma secta (Conrad 1837)
Valentine 1959
recombined as Rexithaerus secta
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Leptopecten latiauralus
Valentine 1959
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula exigua Sowerby 1833
Valentine 1959
recombined as Nucula (Lamellinucula) exigua
unclassified
Pseudorotella invallata (Carpenter 1864)
Valentine 1959
synonym of Pseudorotella supravallatum
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:California County:San Diego
Coordinates: 32.8° North, 117.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:32.8° North, 117.2° West
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
Stage:Late/Upper Pleistocene 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Late/Upper Pleistocene
Age range of interval:0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Bay Point
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:"cross stratification",gray sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Light gray, cross-bedded coarse sands and gravel
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:203417
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen
Created:2019-08-14 16:21:09 Last modified:2019-11-25 17:33:32
Access level:the public Released:2019-08-14 16:21:09
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

32966. U. S. Grant and L. G. Hertlein. 1938. The West American Cenozoic Echinoidea. Publications of the University of California at Los Angeles in Mathematical and Physical Sciences 2:1-225 [L. Villier/L. Villier]

Secondary references:

71065 L. D. Taylor, A. O'Dea, T. J. Bralower and S. Finnegan. 2019. Isotopes from fossil coronulid barnacle shells record evidence of migration in multiple Pleistocene whale populations. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
71064 J. W. Valentine. 1959. Pleistocene molluscan notes. I. The Bay Point Formation at its type locality. Journal of Paleontology 33(4):685-699 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]