UCMP loc. 2619 (Pliocene of the United States)

Where: Fresno County, California (36.1° N, 120.5° W: paleocoordinates 35.8° N, 119.2° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Etchegoin Formation, Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

• Lower middle Etchegoin

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, coarse-grained sandstone and conglomerate

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Nomland; 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: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 216872: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 29.12.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Solenida - Solenidae
Solen sicarius Gould 1850 clam
 Cardiida - Ungulinidae
Diplodonta parilis Conrad 1848 clam
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
"Ostrea atwoodi" = Ostrea (Ostrea) atwoodii
"Ostrea atwoodi" = Ostrea (Ostrea) atwoodii Gabb 1866 oyster
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Pecten terminus" = Lyropecten terminus, "Pecten (Hinnites) giganteus" = Crassadoma gigantea, "Pecten oweni" = Patinopecten lohri
"Pecten terminus" = Lyropecten terminus Arnold 1906 scallop
"Pecten (Hinnites) giganteus" = Crassadoma gigantea Gray 1825 scallop
"Pecten oweni" = Patinopecten lohri Hertlein 1927 scallop
Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Trophon magister Nomland 1916 murex snail
Thais lamellosa Gmelin 1791 murex snail
 Neogastropoda - Siphonaliidae
"Chrysodomus portolaensis" = Lirabuccinum portolaensis
"Chrysodomus portolaensis" = Lirabuccinum portolaensis Arnold 1908 snail
Thecostraca
 Balanomorpha - Balanidae
"Balanus concavus" = Concavus concavus
"Balanus concavus" = Concavus concavus Bronn 1831 barnacle