UCR 4853 is a fossil collection site in San Diego, California, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Scripps Formation, dated to the Lutetian (48.07–41.03 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as open shallow subtidal. Documented finds include Bittium cliffensis, Conus hornii umpquaensis, Eocernina hannibali, Fusus (Hemifusus) cooperii, Galeodea californica, Ranella domenginica.

Geologic setting

Formation: Scripps
Geologic interval: Lutetian
Age: 48.07–41.03 Ma
Depositional environment: open shallow subtidal
Recorded occurrences: 12

Geology notes

inner shelf

Fossils found here

Bittium cliffensis

Gastropoda · Cerithiidae

Conus hornii umpquaensis

Gastropoda · Conidae

Eocernina hannibali

Gastropoda · Ampullinidae

Fusus (Hemifusus) cooperii

Gastropoda · Melongenidae

Galeodea californica

Gastropoda · Cassidae

Ranella domenginica

Gastropoda · Ranellidae

Whitneyella martinez

Gastropoda · Fasciolariidae

Surculites mathewsonii

Gastropoda · Turridae

Tejonia moragai

Gastropoda · Naticidae

Turritella uvasana applinae

Gastropoda · Turritellidae

Antigona kelloggi

Bivalvia · Veneridae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 200725 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Can you collect at UCR 4853?

It depends on who owns the land and whether a mining claim covers it. BLM land usually allows hand collecting for personal use, national parks allow none, and private land needs the owner’s permission. Pro members see the owner and any claims at this spot.

What minerals are found at UCR 4853?

Fossil.

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Source: Paleobiology Database.