Where: Fresno County, California (36.0° N, 120.3° W: paleocoordinates 35.8° N, 119.0° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Pecten coalingensis other zone, Etchegoin Formation, Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)
• Pecten coalingensis zone; San Joaquin clay near Coalinga
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Nomland in 1915; reposited in the UCMP
Primary reference: J. O. Nomland. 1917. The Etchegoin Pliocene of middle California. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geology 10(14):191-254 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 194664: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Emily Orzechowski on 25.06.2018, edited by Jonathan Marcot and Austin Hendy
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Astrangia coalingensis Vaughan 1909 stony coral | |
Rhizopsammia arnoldi n. sp.1
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Gastropoda | |
Tegula (Chlorostoma) pulcella n. sp. Nomland 1917 top snail
Calliostoma kerri Arnold 1909 top snail | |
Fissuridea unica n. sp.
Fissuridea unica n. sp. Nomland 1917 snail | |
Calyptraea filosa Gabb 1866 slipper shell | |
"Olivella pedroana" = Callianax pedroana
"Olivella pedroana" = Callianax pedroana Conrad 1855 olive snail | |
"Nassa californiana" = Caesia californiana
"Nassa californiana" = Caesia californiana Conrad 1856 snail | |
"Trophon gracilis" = Trophon (Boreotrophon) gracilis, "Purpura turris" = Califostoma turris, Murex perangulatus
"Trophon gracilis" = Trophon (Boreotrophon) gracilis Perry 1811 murex snail
"Purpura turris" = Califostoma turris Nomland 1916 murex snail
Murex perangulatus Nomland 1916 murex snail | |
Natica recluziana Deshayes 1839 moon snail | |
Bivalvia | |
"Arca trilineata" = Anadara trilineata
"Arca trilineata" = Anadara trilineata Conrad 1856 ark | |
"Pecten proteus n. sp." = Argopecten circularis impostor, "Pecten etchegoini" = Swiftopecten parmeleei etchegoini, "Pecten egregius n. sp." = Chlamys egregius, "Pecten coalingensis" = Oppenheimopecten coalingaensis
"Pecten proteus n. sp." = Argopecten circularis impostor Hanna 1924 calico scallop
"Pecten etchegoini" = Swiftopecten parmeleei etchegoini Anderson 1905 scallop also Pecten etchegoini nutteri and Pecten etchegoini wattsi
"Pecten egregius n. sp." = Chlamys egregius Nomland 1917 scallop
"Pecten coalingensis" = Oppenheimopecten coalingaensis Arnold 1906 scallop | |
"Ostrea vespertina" = Dendostrea vespertina
"Ostrea vespertina" = Dendostrea vespertina Conrad 1855 oyster | |
"Modiolus fornicatus" = Modiolus carpenteri
"Modiolus fornicatus" = Modiolus carpenteri Soot-Ryen 1963 mussel | |
Thracia formosa n. sp.
Thracia formosa n. sp. Nomland 1917 clam | |
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"Petricola carditoides" = Petricola (Petricola) carditoides
"Petricola carditoides" = Petricola (Petricola) carditoides Conrad 1837 venus clam | |
"Cardium quadrigenarium" = Dallocardia quadragenarium
"Cardium quadrigenarium" = Dallocardia quadragenarium Conrad 1837 cockle | |
"Semele fausta n. sp." = Semele (Semele) fausta
"Semele fausta n. sp." = Semele (Semele) fausta Nomland 1917 clam | |
"Panope generosa" = Panopea generosa
"Panope generosa" = Panopea generosa Gould 1850 clam | |
"Yoldia cooperi" = Yoldia (Kalayoldia) cooperii
"Yoldia cooperi" = Yoldia (Kalayoldia) cooperii Gabb 1865 clam | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Terebratalia smithi Arnold 1903 | |
Thecostraca | |
"Balanus concavus" = Concavus concavus
"Balanus concavus" = Concavus concavus Bronn 1831 barnacle | |
Echinoidea | |
"Dendraster perrini" = Merriamaster perrini, Dendraster arnoldi
"Dendraster perrini" = Merriamaster perrini Weaver 1908 sand dollar
Dendraster arnoldi Clark and Twitchell 1915 sand dollar | |
Mammalia | |
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