Also known as UCMP IP6935
Where: Monterey County, California (35.9° N, 120.7° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 37.1° N, 118.2° 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 1963
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 194892: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Susan Tremblay on 06.07.2018
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Taxonomic list
Thecostraca | |
Balanus sp. Da Costa 1778 barnacle | |
Bivalvia | |
"Florimetis biangulata" = Leporimetis obesa, ? Macoma nasuta
"Florimetis biangulata" = Leporimetis obesa Deshayes 1855 yellow apolymetis
? Macoma nasuta Conrad 1837 bent-nose clam | |
Cyclocardia sp. Conrad 1867 clam | |
"Ostrea atwoodi" = Ostrea (Ostrea) atwoodii
"Ostrea atwoodi" = Ostrea (Ostrea) atwoodii Gabb 1866 oyster | |
Gastropoda | |
? Crepidula cf. princeps Conrad 1855 slipper shell
Crucibulum "n. sp. ?" Schumacher 1817 slipper shell
Calyptraea filosa Gabb 1866 Chinese hat snail | |
"? Calicantharus sp." = Cantharus (Calicantharus)
"? Calicantharus sp." = Cantharus (Calicantharus) Clark 1938 true whelk | |
Mitrella gausapata Gould 1850 shaggy dovesnail | |
Turritella vanvlecki Arnold 1909 turret shell | |
"Calliostoma etchegoinensis" = Calliostoma ligatum, "Calliostoma coalingense" = Calliostoma coalingensis
"Calliostoma etchegoinensis" = Calliostoma ligatum Gould 1849 blue topsnail misspelled as "Calliostoma etchegoinense"
"Calliostoma coalingense" = Calliostoma coalingensis Arnold 1909 top snail |