Capay Formation
138 distinct taxa, from 215 fossil occurrences the Paleobiology Database records under this name, spanning 56–38 Mya.
California · US
138 taxa · 215 fossils · 56–38 MyaMembers recorded: Vacaville Shale.
Macrostrat dates this rock 55–47 Ma. Macrostrat’s own record
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5 distinct localities, where the rock is now rather than where it was laid down. Tectonics draws the world it belonged to.
When
What has been found
- Calyptraea diegoana
- Nemocardium (Nemocardium) linteum
- Balanophyllia variabilis
- Falsifusus marysvillensis
- Nucula (Nucula) cooperi
- Polinices (Euspira) nuciformis
- Turritella merriami
- Acila (Truncacila) decisa
- Caryocorbula parilis
- Cordiera gracillima
- Crenaturricula crenatospira
- Cyclinella elevata
- Exilia perkinsiana
- Galeodea sutterensis
- Gyrineum californicum
- Muricopsis whitneyi
- Scaphander (Mirascapha) costatus
- Tellina sutterensis
- Turricula cooperi
- Venericardia
- Ancilla (Spirancilla) gabbi
- Callista (Costacallista) hornii
- Calorebama dilleri
- Caricella stormsiana
- Crassatella uvasana
- Cryptochorda (Cryptochorda) californica
- Dentalium stramineum
- Ficopsis remondii
- Gari (Gobraeus) hornii
- Gemmula guindana
- Homalopoma wattsi
- Limopsis (Limopsis) marysvillensis
- Neverita (Neverita) globosa
- Olivella mathewsonii
- Propeamussium interradiatum
- Pseudoperissolax blakei
- Solena (Plectosolen) parallelus
- Stephanophyllia californica
- Trochocyathus crooki
- Turris monolifera
The 40 most often recorded, of 138.
What else lived thenRank the rock of a period
Counts are of occurrence records, which measure the rock and the fieldwork together.