McLure shale member of the Monterey Fm (Miocene to of the United States)

Where: California (35.9° N, 120.1° W: paleocoordinates 35.3° N, 116.7° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: McLure shale Member (Monterey Formation), Langhian to Langhian (16.0 - 5.3 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: cherty/siliceous shale and sandstone

• Shale with sand and conglomerate at base and sandstone lens near top.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: R. B. Stewart. 1946. Geology of Reef Ridge Coalinga district California. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 205C:81-115 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/J. Marcot]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 167649: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 27.03.2015

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Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella sp.
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell
Bivalvia
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Here sp., Miltha sp.
Here sp. Gabb 1866 clam
Miltha sp. Adams and Adams 1857 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Clementia sp., Dosinia sp.
Clementia sp. Gray 1847 venus clam
Dosinia sp. Scopoli 1777 venus clam
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
"Panope sp." = Panopea, "Glycimeris sp." = Glycymeris
"Panope sp." = Panopea Menard 1807 clam
"Glycimeris sp." = Glycymeris Da Costa 1778 clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Pectinidae indet.
Pectinidae indet. Wilkes 1810 scallop
as "Pecten sp."