Where: Kern County, California (34.9° N, 120.0° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 40.3° N, 98.2° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Tejon Formation, Eocene (56.0 - 33.9 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marginal marine; brown sandstone and gray shale
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Roy Cohn and R. E. Dickerson
Primary reference: R. E. Dickerson. 1915. Fauna of the Type Tejon: Its relation to the Cowlitz Phase of the Tejon Group of Washington. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 5(3):33-98 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 207119: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 27.12.2019
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
"Meretrix ovalis" = Cyclinella elevata, "Meretrix hornii" = Callista (Costacallista) hornii, Marcia quadrata
"Meretrix ovalis" = Cyclinella elevata Gabb 1864 venus clam
"Meretrix hornii" = Callista (Costacallista) hornii Gabb 1864 venus clam
Marcia quadrata venus clam |