UCMP A3296 Kemp Canyon (Miocene of the United States)

Where: Monterey County, California (36.0° N, 120.5° W: paleocoordinates 35.3° N, 116.1° 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 195120: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Susan Tremblay on 20.07.2018

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella cooperi Carpenter 1864 turret shell
Turritella gonostoma Valenciennes 1832 turret shell
hemphilli
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Calyptraea sp. Lamarck 1799 slipper shell
 Neogastropoda - Siphonaliidae
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
"Nuculana taphria" = Saccella taphria
"Nuculana taphria" = Saccella taphria Dall 1896 pointed nut clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Lyropecten sp. Conrad 1862 scallop
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
"? Trachycardium quadragenarium" = Dallocardia quadragenarium
"? Trachycardium quadragenarium" = Dallocardia quadragenarium Conrad 1837 cockle
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
"Florimetis biangulata" = Leporimetis obesa, Macoma cf. nasuta
"Florimetis biangulata" = Leporimetis obesa Deshayes 1855 tellin clam
Macoma cf. nasuta Conrad 1837 tellin clam