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UCR 4993

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32.76319, -117.18701View on MapOpen in Google Maps
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UCR 4993 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 Rimella supraplicata, Whitneyella martinez, Phalium (Semicassis) tuberculiformis, Turritella uvasana neopleura, Callista (Costacallista) soledadensis, Mactromeris bisculpturata.

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Geologic setting

Formation
Scripps
Geologic interval
Lutetian
Age
48.07–41.03 Ma
Depositional environment
open shallow subtidal
Recorded occurrences
6
Geology notes

inner shelf

Fossils found here

Rimella supraplicata
Gastropoda · Strombidae
Whitneyella martinez
Gastropoda · Fasciolariidae
Phalium (Semicassis) tuberculiformis
Gastropoda · Cassidae
Turritella uvasana neopleura
Gastropoda · Turritellidae
Callista (Costacallista) soledadensis
Bivalvia · Veneridae
Mactromeris bisculpturata
Bivalvia · Mactridae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 200755 (CC BY 4.0)view the source record

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Coordinates: 32.76319, -117.18701

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