Also known as UCMP IP2246, USGS MF2974
Where: California (32.8° N, 118.4° W: paleocoordinates 32.1° N, 114.0° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)
• Relizian (?) Diatom Zone 24
Environment/lithology: marine; limestone
•shallow-water forms
•flow
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Vedder, J.G.; reposited in the UCMP, USNM
Collection methods: quarrying,
Primary reference: J. G. Vedder and E. J. Moore. 1976. Paleoenvironmental implications of fossiliferous Miocene and Pliocene strata on San Clemente Island, California. In D. G. Howell (ed.), Aspects of the Geologic History of the California Continental Borderland 107-135 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 214400: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 28.09.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Echinoidea | |
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Eucidaris cf. thoursi pencil urchin assigned with ?; at what taxonomic level unclear in original publication
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| Rhynchonellata | |
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Terebratalia sp. Beecher 1893 | |
| Bivalvia | |
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Crassostrea cf. freudenbergi oyster | |
"Chlamys (Chlamys) hastata" = Chlamys hastata, Lyropecten crassicardo, Amussiopecten cf. vanvlecki, "Hinnites giganteus" = Crassadoma gigantea
"Chlamys (Chlamys) hastata" = Chlamys hastata Sowerby 1842 scallop assigned with ?; at what taxonomic level unclear in original publication
Lyropecten crassicardo Conrad 1856 scallop
Amussiopecten cf. vanvlecki Arnold 1908 scallop
"Hinnites giganteus" = Crassadoma gigantea Gray 1825 scallop | |