Salinas Valley [Pancho Rico Fm] (Miocene of the United States)

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

• LITHOLOGY: Not stated, but likely a 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

• COVERAGE: Limited to Cirripedia. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with species-resolution identification and modern nomenclature.
Thecostraca
 Balanomorpha - Balanidae
Tamiosoma gregaria n. sp. Conrad 1856 barnacle