south of northeast end of Orange County Airport (Pliocene of the United States)

Where: Orange County, California (33.7° N, 117.9° W: paleocoordinates 33.5° N, 116.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Fernando Formation, Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

• horizon uppermost Pliocene

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: F. S. MacNeil. 1967. Cenozoic Pectinids of Alaska, Iceland, and Other Northern Regions. Geological survey professional paper [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 187072: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 12.07.2017

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Chlamys (Chlamys) rubida" = Chlamys rubida
"Chlamys (Chlamys) rubida" = Chlamys rubida Hinds 1845 scallop
Subspecies "Chlamys (Chlamys) rubida jordani"