Corte Madera Creek: Middle Eocene, California

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Chlasmolithus consuetus
Chlasmolithus eograndis
Chlasmolithus grandis
Chlasmolithus solitus
Cuclococcolithus luminus
Cuclococcolithus pseudogammation
Markailus inversus
? Towelus gammation
? Towelus magnicrassus
Zygrabithus bijugatus
Coccolithophyceae
Ellipsolithus lajollaensis
Coccolithophyceae - Braarudosphaeraceae
Micrantholithus crenulatus
Micrantholithus sp. Deflandre 1954
Coccolithophyceae
Pontosphaera distincta
Pontosphaera pectinata
Pontosphaera plana
Pontosphaera cf. vescus
Pontosphaera multipora Roth 1970
Discoaster barbadiensis
Discoaster binodosus
Discoaster deflandral
Discoaster distinctus
Discoaster elegans
Discoaster gemmifer
Discoaster gemmeus
Discoaster germanicus
Discoaster lodosensus
Discoaster nonaradiatus
Discoaster salpenensis
Discoaster septemradiatus
Discoaster subiodoensis
Discoaster sp. Tan 1902
Coccolithus cribellum
Coccolithus eopelagicus
Coccolithus sp. Schwartz 1959
? Coccolithus sp. Schwartz 1959
Coccolithus pelagicus (Wallich 1877)
Coccolithus cf. pelagicus (Wallich 1877)
Coccolithus formosus (Kamptner 1963)
original and current combination Cyclococcolithus formosus
Chiphragmalithus acanthodes
Cruciplacolithus delus
Cruciplacolithus staurion (Bramlette and Sullivan 1961)
original and current combination Coccolithus staurion
Sphenolithus furcatolithoides
Sphenolithus spiniger
Sphenolithus moriformis (Bronnimann and Stradner 1960)
Sphenolithus radians Deflandre 1952
Discoasteroides keupperi
Coccolithophyceae - Syracosphaerales - Rhabdosphaeraceae
Rhabdosphaera crebra
Rhabdosphaera gladius
Rhabdosphaera inflata
Rhabdosphaera morionum
Rhabdosphaera perionga
Rhabdosphaera cf. scabrosa
Rhabdosphaera tenuis
Rhabdosphaera cf. truncata
Rhabdosphaera vitrea
Rhabdosphaera sp. Haeckel 1894
Coccolithophyceae - Zygodiscales - Zygodiscaceae
Lophodolithus machiophorus
Neococcolithes dubius (Deflandre and Fert 1954)
original and current combination Zygolithus dubius
Neococcolithes protenus Black 1967
Nannotetrina cristata
Nannotetrina quadrata
Coccolithophyceae
Transversopontis pulcheroides
unclassified
Helicosphaera seminutum
Helicosphaera lophota Bramlette and Sullivan 1961
Reticulofenestra cf. callida
Reticulofenestra probisecta
Reticulofenestra samodurovil
Reticulofenestra sp. Hay et al. 1966
Reticulofenestra dictyoda Stradner 1968
Dinophyceae - Thoracosphaerales
Thoracosphaera sp. Kamptner 1927
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:California
Coordinates: 37.3° North, 122.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:37.6° North, 108.9° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Key time interval:Middle Eocene Zone: NP15/NP16
Age range of interval:48.60000 - 37.20000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Butano
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
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:206538
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:micropaleontology
Created:2019-11-18 17:15:18 Last modified:2019-11-18 17:37:30
Access level:the public Released:2019-11-18 17:15:18
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

70982. T. Kheradyar. 1988. Calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy of the Botano Sandstone, Santa Cruz Mountains, California. Paciic Section SEPM 58:151-166 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]