UCR 4982

US / CA

•32.78231, -117.18024View on Map Open in Google Maps

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UCR 4982 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 Eocernina hannibali, Phalium (Semicassis) tuberculiformis, Otostoma bisculptata, Pleurofusia fresnoensis, Scaphander (Mirascapha) costatus, Tejonia moragai.

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Geologic setting

Formation: Scripps
Geologic interval: Lutetian
Age: 48.07–41.03 Ma
Depositional environment: open shallow subtidal
Recorded occurrences: 15

Geology notes

inner shelf

Fossils found here

Eocernina hannibali

Gastropoda · Ampullinidae

Phalium (Semicassis) tuberculiformis

Gastropoda · Cassidae

Otostoma bisculptata

Gastropoda · Neritidae

Pleurofusia fresnoensis

Gastropoda · Turridae

Scaphander (Mirascapha) costatus

Gastropoda · Cylichnidae

Tejonia moragai

Gastropoda · Naticidae

Terebrifusus howei

Gastropoda · Buccinidae

Turritella uvasana neopleura

Gastropoda · Turritellidae

Macrocallista tecolotensis

Bivalvia · Veneridae

Gari (Gobraeus) hornii

Bivalvia · Psammobiidae

Glyptoactis (Claibornicardia) domenginica

Bivalvia · Carditidae

Macoma viticola

Bivalvia · Tellinidae

Marcia (Mercimonia) bunkeri

Bivalvia · Veneridae

Tellina (Angulus) castacana

Bivalvia · Tellinidae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 200749 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Coordinates: 32.78231, -117.18024

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