Where: Monterey County, California (36.3° N, 121.3° W: paleocoordinates 35.5° N, 116.9° 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 D. L Durham in 1959
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 195082: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Susan Tremblay on 17.07.2018, edited by Jonathan Marcot
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Nassarius sp. Duméril 1806 snail | |
"Bittium cf. casmaliense" = Lirobittium casmaliense
"Bittium cf. casmaliense" = Lirobittium casmaliense Bartsch 1911 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Lyropecten cerrosensis Gabb 1866 scallop | |
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
"Cyclocardia cf. californica" = Coanicardita californica
"Cyclocardia cf. californica" = Coanicardita californica Dall 1903 clam |