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UCMP 1131, Contra Costa County, California, USA

Lat/Long (Decimal)37.8853,-122.069
Co-ordinates Derivationstated in text
Given LocationCalifornia, United States
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)Contra Costa County, California, USA

Collections

CollectionReferenceStratigraphic NameCommentsLithologyAge
UCMP 1131, Walnut CreekNomland J. O. (1917)"Near the base of the Agasoma gravidum zone."not reported28.4 - 23.03 Ma
Cenozoic

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Dendrophyllia californiana
species
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Dendrophylliidae : Dendrophyllia : Dendrophyllia californiana28.4 - 23.03 Ma
Cenozoic
Siderastrea clarki
species
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Siderastreidae : Siderastrea : Siderastrea clarki28.4 - 23.03 Ma
Cenozoic
Crenomytilus mathewsoni
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Mytilida : Mytilidae : Mytilus : Crenomytilus mathewsoni28.4 - 23.03 Ma
Cenozoic
Amiantis mathewsoni
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Veneroidei : Veneridae : Amiantis : Amiantis mathewsoni28.4 - 23.03 Ma
Cenozoic
Dosinia sp.
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Veneridae : Dosinia28.4 - 23.03 Ma
Cenozoic
Dosinia (Dosinia) whitneyi
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Veneroidei : Veneridae : Dosinia : Dosinia (Dosinia) whitneyi28.4 - 23.03 Ma
Cenozoic
Agasoma sp.
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Buccinidae : Agasoma28.4 - 23.03 Ma
Cenozoic
Priscofusus sp.
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Fasciolariidae : Priscofusus28.4 - 23.03 Ma
Cenozoic
Molopophorus sp.
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Buccinidae : Molopophorus28.4 - 23.03 Ma
Cenozoic
Ancilla sp.
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Ancillariidae : Ancilla28.4 - 23.03 Ma
Cenozoic

References

Nomland J. O. (1916) Corals from the Cretaceous and Tertiary of California and Oregon, Bulletin of the Department of Geology, University of California Publications 9 5, 59-76
Nomland J. O. (1917) New fossil corals from the Pacific coast, University of California Publications in Geology 10 13, 185-190
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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