USGS Cenozoic M1066 Mission Creek (Miocene of the United States)

Also known as UCMP IP6718

Where: Monterey County, California (36.1° N, 121.2° W: paleocoordinates 35.7° N, 119.3° W)

• 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 1961

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 194868: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Susan Tremblay on 03.07.2018

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Atrina "n. sp. ?" Gray 1842 oyster
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
? Lyropecten sp. Conrad 1862 scallop
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
"? Macoma aff. arctata" = Macoma (Psammacoma) arctata, Macoma brota
"? Macoma aff. arctata" = Macoma (Psammacoma) arctata Conrad 1849 tellin clam
Macoma brota Dall 1916 tellin clam