UCMP loc. 2622 (Pliocene of the United States)

Where: Fresno County, California (36.1° N, 120.5° W: paleocoordinates 35.8° N, 119.2° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Chione elsmerensis other zone, Etchegoin Formation, Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

• Chione elsmerensis zone.

Environment/lithology: marine; conglomeratic sandstone

• These beds are composed almost entirely of 'vivianitic' sandstone with beds

•of conglomerate.

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Nomland; reposited in the UCMP

Primary reference: J. O. Nomland. 1917. The Etchegoin Pliocene of middle California. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geology 10(14):191-254 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 216900: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 30.12.2020

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Taxonomic list

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Echinoidea
 Clypeasteroida - Echinarachniidae
Astrodapsis jacalitosensis
Astrodapsis jacalitosensis Arnold 1909 sand dollar
 Clypeasteroida - Dendrasteridae
Dendraster gibbsii
Dendraster gibbsii Rémond 1863 sand dollar
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Chione elsmerensis" = Securella elsmerensis
"Chione elsmerensis" = Securella elsmerensis English 1914 venus clam
 Cardiida - Ungulinidae
Diplodonta parilis
Diplodonta parilis Conrad 1848 clam
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
"Tellina bodegensis" = Megangulus bodegensis
"Tellina bodegensis" = Megangulus bodegensis Hinds 1844 tellin clam
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
"Panope generosa" = Panopea generosa
"Panope generosa" = Panopea generosa Gould 1850 clam
Gastropoda
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Calyptraea filosa
Calyptraea filosa Gabb 1866 slipper shell