Where: San Diego County, California (33.4° N, 116.1° W: paleocoordinates 33.2° N, 115.3° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Latrania Sand Member (Imperial Formation), Early/Lower Pliocene (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Latrania Sand Mbr of Imperial Fm, which is overlain by the Canebrake Conglomerate. AGE: Pliocene, on the basis of molluscan biostratigraphy; placed by enterer in Early Pliocene based on existing collections and similarity with Late Miocene assemblages in California. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within member.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified, medium-grained, coarse, yellow sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: replaced with calcite
Reposited in the UCMP
• COLLECTORS: C. Powell II, E. Kohnen, and P. Remeika, 1992. REPOSITORY: UCMP.
Primary reference: C. L. Powell. 2008. Pliocene Invertebrates From the Travertine Point Outcrop of the Imperial Formation, Imperial County, California. United States Geological Survey Scientific Investigations 2008(5155):1-25 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 96550: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 11.06.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Naticidae indet. Guilding 1834 moon snail | |
? Agaronia sp. Gray 1839 snail | |
"Strombus obliteratus" = Persististrombus obliteratus
"Strombus obliteratus" = Persististrombus obliteratus Hanna 1926 true conch | |
Atys sp. Montfort 1810 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Chama sp. Linnaeus 1758 jewel box
Arcinella cf. californica Dall 1903 jewel box | |
? Chione sp. von Mühlfield 1811 venus clam
Dosinia cf. semiobliterata Deshayes 1853 venus clam | |
Ctenocardia sp. Adams and A 1857 cockle | |
Pegophysema edentuloides, Codakia distinguenda, Divalinga cf. eburnea, Miltha xantusi, "Pleurolucina sp." = Linga (Pleurolucina), "Lucina nuttalli" = Lucinisca nuttalli
Pegophysema edentuloides Verrill 1901 clam
Codakia distinguenda Tryon 1872 clam
Divalinga cf. eburnea Reeve 1850 clam
Miltha xantusi Dall 1903 clam
"Pleurolucina sp." = Linga (Pleurolucina) Dall 1901 clam
"Lucina nuttalli" = Lucinisca nuttalli Conrad 1837 clam | |
Strophocardia megastropha Gray 1825 clam | |
Lithophaginae indet. Adams and Adams 1857 mussel | |
Euvola cf. keepi Arnold 1906 scallop
Argopecten sp. Monterosato 1889 calico scallop
Spondylus sp. Linnaeus 1758 scallop | |
Pinna cf. latrania Hanna 1926 oyster | |
"Myrakeena cf. angelica" = Ostrea angelica, ? Dendostrea vespertina
"Myrakeena cf. angelica" = Ostrea angelica Rochebrune 1895 oyster
? Dendostrea vespertina Conrad 1855 oyster | |
? Pycnodonte heermanni Conrad 1855 oyster | |
Barbatia sp. Gray 1842 clam
Anadara reinharti Lowe 1935 ark
Arca sp. Linnaeus 1758 ark
Arca cf. pacifica Sowerby 1833 ark | |
"Glycymeris gigantea" = Glycymeris (Glycymeris) gigantea, "Glycymeris multicostata" = Tucetona (Bellaxinaea) multicostata
"Glycymeris gigantea" = Glycymeris (Glycymeris) gigantea Reeve 1843 clam
"Glycymeris multicostata" = Tucetona (Bellaxinaea) multicostata Sowerby 1833 clam | |
Anthozoa | |
Solenastrea fairbanksi Vaughan 1900 stony coral | |
Eucrassatella antillarum | |
"Eucrassatella cf. antillarum" = Kalolophus antillarum
"Eucrassatella cf. antillarum" = Kalolophus antillarum Reeve 1842 |