UCMP loc. 2669 (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)

• Undifferentiated Etchegoin

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

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 216906: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 30.12.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Mactridae
"Mulinia densata" = Pseudocardium densatum
"Mulinia densata" = Pseudocardium densatum Conrad 1856 clam
 Arcida - Arcidae
"Arca trilineata" = Anadara trilineata
"Arca trilineata" = Anadara trilineata Conrad 1856 ark
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
"Ostrea atwoodi" = Ostrea (Ostrea) atwoodii
"Ostrea atwoodi" = Ostrea (Ostrea) atwoodii Gabb 1866 oyster
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
"Natica orbicularis" = Polinices (Euspira) galianoi
"Natica orbicularis" = Polinices (Euspira) galianoi Dall 1909 moon snail
 Neogastropoda - Siphonaliidae
"Thais kettlemanensis" = Calicantharus kettlemanensis
"Thais kettlemanensis" = Calicantharus kettlemanensis Arnold 1909 snail