USGS 7616 Barrett Canyon (Pliocene of the United States)

Also known as Reef 2397

Where: Imperial County, California (32.9° N, 116.0° W: paleocoordinates 32.7° N, 114.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Imperial Formation, Early/Lower Pliocene (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified limestone and lithified sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: T. W. Vaughan. 1917. The reef-coral fauna of Carrizo Creek, Imperial County, California, and its significance. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 98-T:355-375 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 124512: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 17.02.2012

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Meandrinidae
Eusmilia carrizensis n. sp.
Eusmilia carrizensis n. sp. Vaughan 1917 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Solenastrea fairbanksi, "Dichocoenia merriami" = Favia merriami
Solenastrea fairbanksi Vaughan 1900 stony coral
subsp. columnaris and normalis
"Dichocoenia merriami" = Favia merriami Vaughan 1900 stony coral
and n. subsp. crassisepta
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites carrizensis n. sp.
Porites carrizensis n. sp. Vaughan 1917 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
"Siderastrea mendenhalli" = Siderastrea mendenhalli, "Siderastrea californica" = Siderastrea mendenhalli
"Siderastrea mendenhalli" = Siderastrea mendenhalli Vaughan 1917 stony coral
and n. subsp. minor
"Siderastrea californica" = Siderastrea mendenhalli Vaughan 1917 stony coral