Also known as UCMP A906
Where: Monterey County, California (36.2° N, 121.0° W: paleocoordinates 35.5° N, 116.7° 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 J. Kirby in 1931
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 195076: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Susan Tremblay on 17.07.2018
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Taxonomic list
Echinoidea | |
Dendraster sp. Agassiz and Desor 1847 sand dollar | |
Bivalvia | |
Chlamys "n. sp. ?", "Lyropecten estrellanus" = Nodipecten estrellanus, Lyropecten terminus, Patinopecten lohri
Chlamys "n. sp. ?" Röding 1798 scallop
"Lyropecten estrellanus" = Nodipecten estrellanus Conrad 1856 scallop
Lyropecten terminus Arnold 1906 scallop
Patinopecten lohri Hertlein 1927 scallop | |
"Ostrea atwoodi" = Ostrea (Ostrea) atwoodii
"Ostrea atwoodi" = Ostrea (Ostrea) atwoodii Gabb 1866 oyster | |
Gastropoda | |
Forreria cf. coalingensis murex snail |