UCMP 462, Salt Creek (Eocene of the United States)
Where: Kern County, California (34.9° N, 119.0° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 40.2° N, 97.2° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Tejon Formation, Eocene (56.0 - 33.9 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marginal marine; brown sandstone and gray shale
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by 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 207126: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 27.12.2019
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda | |
"Cylichna costata" = Scaphander (Mirascapha) costatus
"Cylichna costata" = Scaphander (Mirascapha) costatus Gabb 1864 snail | |
"Amauropsis alveata" = Amaurellina moragai, "Neverita secta" = Glossaulax reclusiana
"Amauropsis alveata" = Amaurellina moragai Stewart 1927 moon snail
"Neverita secta" = Glossaulax reclusiana Deshayes 1839 moon snail | |
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"Natica hannibali" = Eocernina hannibali
"Natica hannibali" = Eocernina hannibali Dickerson 1914 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
"Glycimeris sagittata" = Glycymerita sagittata
"Glycimeris sagittata" = Glycymerita sagittata Gabb 1864 clam | |
"Meretrix ovalis" = Cyclinella elevata, "Macrocallista conradiana" = Microcallista (Costacallista) conradiana
"Meretrix ovalis" = Cyclinella elevata Gabb 1864 venus clam
"Macrocallista conradiana" = Microcallista (Costacallista) conradiana Gabb 1864 venus clam | |
"Cardium brewerii" = Schedocardia brewerii, "Cardium cooperii" = Nemocardium (Nemocardium) linteum
"Cardium brewerii" = Schedocardia brewerii Gabb 1864 cockle
"Cardium cooperii" = Nemocardium (Nemocardium) linteum Conrad 1855 cockle | |
"Corbula parilis" = Caryocorbula parilis
"Corbula parilis" = Caryocorbula parilis Gabb 1864 clam | |
"Crassatellites grandis" = Crassatella uvasana
"Crassatellites grandis" = Crassatella uvasana Conrad 1855 clam |