UCMP 1856 Marysville Buttes (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Sutter County, California (39.2° N, 121.8° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 46.9° N, 94.0° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Capay Formation, Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the UCMP

Primary reference: R. E. Dickerson. 1913. Fauna of the Eocene at Marysville Buttes, California. University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geology 7(12):257-298 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 200271: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 25.03.2019

Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)

Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
"Lunatia nuciformis" = Polinices (Euspira) nuciformis
"Lunatia nuciformis" = Polinices (Euspira) nuciformis Gabb 1864 moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Ranellidae
"Tritonium cf. californicum" = Gyrineum californicum, "Nyctilochus californicus" = Gyrineum californicum
"Tritonium cf. californicum" = Gyrineum californicum Gabb 1869 triton shell
"Nyctilochus californicus" = Gyrineum californicum Gabb 1869 triton shell
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
Turris suturalis, Turris monolifera
Turris suturalis Cooper 1894 turrid
Turris monolifera Cooper 1894 turrid
 Neogastropoda - Borsoniidae
Cordiera gracillima
Cordiera gracillima Cooper 1894 snail
 Neogastropoda - Ptychatractidae
"Turris perkinsiana" = Exilia perkinsiana
"Turris perkinsiana" = Exilia perkinsiana Cooper 1894 snail
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
"Tritonium whitneyi" = Muricopsis whitneyi, "Nyctilochus whitneyi" = Muricopsis whitneyi
"Tritonium whitneyi" = Muricopsis whitneyi Gabb 1864 murex snail
"Nyctilochus whitneyi" = Muricopsis whitneyi Gabb 1864 murex snail
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
"Ancilla (Oliverata) californica" = Cryptochorda (Cryptochorda) californica, Voluta lawsoni
"Ancilla (Oliverata) californica" = Cryptochorda (Cryptochorda) californica Cooper 1894 volute
Voluta lawsoni Dickerson 1913 volute
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
"Galerus excentricus" = Calyptraea diegoana, "Calyptraea excentrica" = Calyptraea diegoana
"Galerus excentricus" = Calyptraea diegoana Conrad 1855 slipper shell
"Calyptraea excentrica" = Calyptraea diegoana Conrad 1855 slipper shell
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium stramineum
Dentalium stramineum Gabb 1864 tusk shell
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Meretrix cf. ovalis" = Cyclinella elevata
"Meretrix cf. ovalis" = Cyclinella elevata Gabb 1864 venus clam
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina sutterensis
Tellina sutterensis Dickerson 1913 tellin clam
not clear if the holotype is from here or 1853
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
"Cardium marysvillensis" = Nemocardium (Nemocardium) linteum, "Cardium dalli" = Nemocardium (Nemocardium) linteum
"Cardium marysvillensis" = Nemocardium (Nemocardium) linteum Conrad 1855 cockle
"Cardium dalli" = Nemocardium (Nemocardium) linteum Conrad 1855 cockle
not clear if the holotype is from here or 1853
 Carditida - Carditidae
"Cardita planicosta" = Venericor planicosta
"Cardita planicosta" = Venericor planicosta Lamarck 1801 clam
as Venericardia planicosta merriami
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Trochocyathus striatus
Trochocyathus striatus Gabb 1864 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Balanophyllia variabilis
Balanophyllia variabilis Nomland 1916 stony coral