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 | |
"Mulinia densata" = Pseudocardium densatum
"Mulinia densata" = Pseudocardium densatum Conrad 1856 clam | |
"Arca trilineata" = Anadara trilineata
"Arca trilineata" = Anadara trilineata Conrad 1856 ark | |
"Ostrea atwoodi" = Ostrea (Ostrea) atwoodii
"Ostrea atwoodi" = Ostrea (Ostrea) atwoodii Gabb 1866 oyster | |
Gastropoda | |
"Natica orbicularis" = Polinices (Euspira) galianoi
"Natica orbicularis" = Polinices (Euspira) galianoi Dall 1909 moon snail | |
"Thais kettlemanensis" = Calicantharus kettlemanensis
"Thais kettlemanensis" = Calicantharus kettlemanensis Arnold 1909 snail |