USGS Cenozoic M1341 Wildhorse Canyon (Miocene of the United States)

Also known as UCMP IP6731, UCMP A4945

Where: Monterey County, California (36.2° N, 121.0° W: paleocoordinates 35.9° N, 119.1° 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 J. A. Wolfe and V. A. Zullo 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 194870: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Susan Tremblay on 03.07.2018, edited by Jonathan Marcot

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Lyropecten cerrosensis Gabb 1866 scallop
Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Forreria belcheri Hinds 1843 murex snail