Also known as UCMP IP6742
Where: Monterey County, California (35.9° N, 121.1° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 37.0° N, 118.5° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Pancho Rico Formation, Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 Ma)
• Described in reference as Pliocene. Pancho Rico Formation is Miocene per Addicott 1978 (Geological Survey Bulletin, Issue 1457). AGE: Revised to Messian consistent with EPICC stratigraphic revision [A. Hendy, 06/2020].
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by D. L Durham in 1962
Primary reference: D. L. Durham and W. O. Addicott. 1965. Pancho Rico Formation, Salinas Valley. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 524(A):A1-A22 [P. Holroyd/S. Tremblay]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 194888: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Susan Tremblay on 06.07.2018
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Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Anadara cf. trilineata Conrad 1856 ark | |
Lyropecten sp. Conrad 1862 scallop | |
Mytilus cf. coalingensis Arnold 1909 mussel | |
Cryptomya californica Conrad 1837 California softshell | |
? Clinocardium sp. Keen 1936 cockle | |
Macoma nasuta, "Florimetis biangulata" = Leporimetis obesa
Macoma nasuta Conrad 1837 bent-nose clam
"Florimetis biangulata" = Leporimetis obesa Deshayes 1855 yellow apolymetis | |
"Chione aff. gnidia" = Chionopsis gnidia, "Protothaca tenerrima" = Callithaca tenerrima, "Protothaca cf. staminea" = Leukoma staminea
"Chione aff. gnidia" = Chionopsis gnidia Broderip and Sowerby I 1829 venus clam
"Protothaca tenerrima" = Callithaca tenerrima Carpenter 1857 thin-shelled littleneck
"Protothaca cf. staminea" = Leukoma staminea Conrad 1837 common littleneck | |
Spisula sp. Gray 1837 clam | |
"Solen cf. perrini" = Solena (Eosolen) perrini
"Solen cf. perrini" = Solena (Eosolen) perrini Clark 1915 razor clams | |
"Lucinisca "n. sp. ? aff. nuttalli"" = Lucina (Lucinisca), Here excavata
"Lucinisca "n. sp. ? aff. nuttalli"" = Lucina (Lucinisca) Dall 1901 clam
Here excavata Carpenter 1857 pit lucine | |
"Cyclocardia cf. californica" = Coanicardita californica
"Cyclocardia cf. californica" = Coanicardita californica Dall 1903 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Bittium sp. Gray 1847 cerith snail | |
Turritella cooperi Carpenter 1864 symmetrical turretsnail | |
Calyptraea sp. Lamarck 1799 Chinese hat snail
Crepidula adunca Sowerby 1824 hooked slippersnail | |
Olivella sp. Swainson 1831 olive snail | |
"Nassarius aff. californianus" = Caesia californiana
"Nassarius aff. californianus" = Caesia californiana Conrad 1856 snail | |
"Cancellaria cf. fernandoensis" = Euclia fernandoensis
"Cancellaria cf. fernandoensis" = Euclia fernandoensis Arnold 1907 snail | |
Neverita sp. Risso 1826 moon snail | |
Scaphander aff. jugularis Conrad 1855 snail |