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 B. Parsons 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 207128: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 27.12.2019
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
"Bulla hornii" = Abderospira hornii
"Bulla hornii" = Abderospira hornii Gabb 1864 snail | |
"Rimella simplex" = Rimella supraplicata
"Rimella simplex" = Rimella supraplicata Gabb 1864 true conch | |
Bivalvia | |
"Meretrix ovalis" = Cyclinella elevata, Marcia quadrata
"Meretrix ovalis" = Cyclinella elevata Gabb 1864 venus clam
Marcia quadrata venus clam |