USGS Cenozoic M2283 Lynch Canyon (Miocene of the United States)

Also known as UCMP IP7146

Where: Monterey County, California (36.0° N, 120.8° W: paleocoordinates 35.3° N, 116.5° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Pancho Rico Formation, Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)

• Described in reference as Pliocene. Pancho Rico Formation is Miocene per Addicott 1978 (Geological Survey Bulletin, Issue 1457).

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by W. O. Addicott in 1964

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 195039: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Susan Tremblay on 12.07.2018, edited by Patricia Holroyd

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Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crepidula nummaria, Crepidula adunca
Crepidula nummaria Gould 1846 slipper shell
Crepidula adunca Sowerby 1824 slipper shell
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella cooperi
Turritella cooperi Carpenter 1864 turret shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Sinum scopulosum, "Polinices (Euspira) lewisi" = Euspira lewisii, "Neverita recluziana" = Glossaulax reclusiana
Sinum scopulosum Conrad 1849 moon snail
"Polinices (Euspira) lewisi" = Euspira lewisii Gould 1847 moon snail
"Neverita recluziana" = Glossaulax reclusiana Deshayes 1839 moon snail
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Nassarius (Caesia) grammatus
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Forreria belcheri
Forreria belcheri Hinds 1843 murex snail
 Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Diodora "n. sp.? aff. inaequalis"
Bivalvia
 Solenida - Solenidae
"Solen perrini" = Solena (Eosolen) perrini
"Solen perrini" = Solena (Eosolen) perrini Clark 1915 clam
 Cardiida - Mactridae
"? Tresus nuttalli" = Tresus nuttallii
"? Tresus nuttalli" = Tresus nuttallii Conrad 1837 clam
 Cardiida - Psammobiidae
Nuttallia salina n. sp.
Nuttallia salina n. sp. Roth and Guruswami-Naidu 1978 clam
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
"Florimetis biangulata" = Leporimetis obesa, Tellina idea
"Florimetis biangulata" = Leporimetis obesa Deshayes 1855 tellin clam
Tellina idea tellin clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Lyropecten terminus
Lyropecten terminus Arnold 1906 scallop
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
"Ostrea atwoodi" = Ostrea (Ostrea) atwoodii
"Ostrea atwoodi" = Ostrea (Ostrea) atwoodii Gabb 1866 oyster
 Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara trilineata
Anadara trilineata Conrad 1856 ark
Thecostraca
 Balanomorpha - Balanidae
Balanus sp.
Balanus sp. Da Costa 1778 barnacle