Where: Monterey County, California (36.7° N, 121.6° W: paleocoordinates 36.4° N, 119.7° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Pancho Rico Formation, Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 Ma)
• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From the Pancho Rico Formation, for which stratigraphic relationships are not reported. AGE: Lower Pliocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position within formation. AGE: Revised to Messian consistent with EPICC stratigraphic revision.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Reposited in the LACM
Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: Not stated. REPOSITORY: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (LACM).
Primary reference: V. A. Zullo. 1992. Revision of the balanid barnacle genus Concavus Newman, 1982, with the description of a new subfamily, two new genera, and eight new species. The Paleontological Society Memoir 27:1-46 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 160215: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 16.08.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Thecostraca | |
Tamiosoma gregaria n. sp.
Tamiosoma gregaria n. sp. Conrad 1856 barnacle |