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 | |
Solen sicarius Gould 1850 clam | |
Diplodonta parilis Conrad 1848 clam | |
"Ostrea atwoodi" = Ostrea (Ostrea) atwoodii
"Ostrea atwoodi" = Ostrea (Ostrea) atwoodii Gabb 1866 oyster | |
"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 | |
Trophon magister Nomland 1916 murex snail
Thais lamellosa Gmelin 1791 murex snail | |
"Chrysodomus portolaensis" = Lirabuccinum portolaensis
"Chrysodomus portolaensis" = Lirabuccinum portolaensis Arnold 1908 snail | |
Thecostraca | |
"Balanus concavus" = Concavus concavus
"Balanus concavus" = Concavus concavus Bronn 1831 barnacle |