Tourmaline Road, south (Pliocene of the United States)
Also known as Pacific Beach
Where: San Diego County, California (32.8° N, 117.3° W: paleocoordinates 32.6° N, 116.0° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: San Diego Formation, Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; sandy siltstone
• dark sandy silt
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: R. Arnold. 1906. Tertiary and Quaternary pectens of California. USGS Professional Paper 47:1-264 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 120820: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 22.11.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia | |
"Pecten (Pecten) hemphilli" = Euvola bella, "Pecten (Hinnites) giganteus" = Crassadoma gigantea, "Pecten (Plagioctenium) cerrosensis" = Lyropecten cerrosensis, "Pecten (Lyropecten) ashleyi" = Lyropecten cerrosensis, "Pecten (Pecten) stearnsii" = Leopecten stearnsii, "Pecten (Chlamys) bellhamellatus n. sp." = Chlamys, "Pecten (Chlamys) parmeleei" = Swiftopecten parmeleei, "Pecten (Chlamys) opuntia" = Chlamys opuntia, "Pecten (Chlamys) hastatus" = Chlamys hastata, "Pecten hastatus" = Chlamys hastata, "Pecten (Chlamys) jordani" = Chlamys rubida, "Pecten (Plagioctenium) cooperi n. sp." = Argopecten invalidus
"Pecten (Pecten) hemphilli" = Euvola bella Conrad 1856 scallop
"Pecten (Hinnites) giganteus" = Crassadoma gigantea Gray 1825 scallop
"Pecten (Plagioctenium) cerrosensis" = Lyropecten cerrosensis Gabb 1866 scallop
"Pecten (Lyropecten) ashleyi" = Lyropecten cerrosensis Gabb 1866 scallop
"Pecten (Pecten) stearnsii" = Leopecten stearnsii Dall 1878 scallop
"Pecten (Chlamys) bellhamellatus n. sp." = Chlamys scallop
"Pecten (Chlamys) parmeleei" = Swiftopecten parmeleei Dall 1898 scallop
"Pecten (Chlamys) opuntia" = Chlamys opuntia Dall 1898 scallop
"Pecten (Chlamys) hastatus" = Chlamys hastata Sowerby 1842 scallop
"Pecten (Chlamys) jordani" = Chlamys rubida Hinds 1845 scallop
"Pecten (Plagioctenium) cooperi n. sp." = Argopecten invalidus Hanna 1924 calico scallop | |
Polyplacophora | |
"Ischnochiton (Stenoplax) conspicuus" = Stenoplax conspicua1
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Aves | |
Mancalla emlongi n. sp.3
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Echinoidea | |
"Merriamaster pacificus" = Dendraster pacificus2
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