UCMP 3895 Hog Canyon (Miocene of the United States)

Also known as UCMP 3895- (Incorrectly listed as A3895 in Durham and Addicott 1965)

Where: Monterey County, California (35.8° N, 120.5° W: paleocoordinates 35.1° N, 116.2° 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

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 195079: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Susan Tremblay on 17.07.2018

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Here excavata Carpenter 1857 clam
 Solenida - Solenidae
"Solen cf. perrini" = Solena (Eosolen) perrini
"Solen cf. perrini" = Solena (Eosolen) perrini Clark 1915 clam
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
"? Panope abrupta" = Panopea abrupta
"? Panope abrupta" = Panopea abrupta Conrad 1849 clam
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella cooperi Carpenter 1864 turret shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Neverita sp. Risso 1826 moon snail
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
? Nassarius grammatus Dall 1917 snail