USGS Cenozoic M1969 Vineyard Canyon: Messinian, California
collected by D. L Durham, W. O. Addicott 1964
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
|
Lingulata
- Discinida
- Disciniidae
|
||||||||||
|
Discinisca cumingi
|
||||||||||
|
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
|
||||||||||
|
Anadara cf. trilineata
(Conrad 1856)
|
||||||||||
|
Arca cf. santamariensis
Reinhart 1937
|
||||||||||
|
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
|
||||||||||
|
Lyropecten terminus
(Arnold 1906)
|
||||||||||
|
= Lyropecten estrellanus
Conrad 1856
|
Smith 1991 | |||||||||
| recombined as Nodipecten estrellanus | ||||||||||
|
Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
|
||||||||||
|
Lucinisca informal n. sp.? aff. nuttalli
|
||||||||||
| spelled with current rank as Lucina (Lucinisca) | ||||||||||
|
Lucinoma cf. annulata
(Reeve 1850)
|
||||||||||
| recombined as Lucinoma annulatum | ||||||||||
|
Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Myidae
|
||||||||||
|
Cryptomya cf. californica
(Conrad 1837)
|
||||||||||
|
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
|
||||||||||
|
? Trachycardium quadragenarium
(Conrad 1837)
|
||||||||||
| recombined as Dallocardia quadragenarium | ||||||||||
|
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
|
||||||||||
|
Florimetis biangulata
(Carpenter 1856)
|
||||||||||
| synonym of Leporimetis obesa | ||||||||||
|
? Macoma nasuta
(Conrad 1837)
|
||||||||||
|
? Macoma aff. arctata
(Conrad 1849)
|
||||||||||
| recombined as Macoma (Psammacoma) arctata | ||||||||||
|
Tellina cf. idea
|
||||||||||
|
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
|
||||||||||
|
? Tresus sp.
Gray 1853
|
||||||||||
|
Spisula hemphilli
(Dall 1894)
|
||||||||||
| recombined as Mactromeris hemphillii | ||||||||||
|
Bivalvia
- Solenida
- Solenidae
|
||||||||||
|
Solen cf. perrini
Clark 1915
|
||||||||||
| recombined as Solena (Eosolen) perrini | ||||||||||
|
Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
|
||||||||||
|
Turritella gonostoma
Valenciennes 1832
|
||||||||||
| subsp. hemphilli | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | California | County: | Monterey |
| Coordinates: | 35.9° North, 120.6° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.6° North, 118.7° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Messinian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Messinian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 7.24600 - 5.33300 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Pancho Rico | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Described in reference as Pliocene. Pancho Rico Formation is Miocene per Addicott 1978 (Geological Survey Bulletin, Issue 1457). AGE: Revised to Messian consistent with EPICC stratigraphic revision [A. Hendy, 06/2020]. |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | D. L Durham, W. O. Addicott | Collection dates: | 1964 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | UCMP IP6969 | ||
| Database number: | 195031 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Holroyd, J. Marcot | Enterer: | S. Tremblay, J. Marcot |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2018-07-12 20:02:48 | Last modified: | 2020-06-16 03:39:25 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-07-12 20:02:48 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 66206. | 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] |
Secondary references:
| 77493 | J. T. Smith. 1991. Cenozoic giant pectinids from California and the Tertiary Caribbean Province; Lyropecten, "Macrochlamis," Vertipecten, and Nodipecten species. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1391:1-155 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot] |