Where: Fresno County, California (36.1° N, 120.5° W: paleocoordinates 35.8° N, 119.2° W)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Chione elsmerensis other zone, Etchegoin Formation, Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)
• Chione elsmerensis zone.
Environment/lithology: marine; conglomeratic sandstone
•of 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 216911: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 30.12.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Bivalvia | |
"Arca trilineata" = Anadara trilineata
"Arca trilineata" = Anadara trilineata Conrad 1856 ark | |
"Monia macroschisma" = Pododesmus (Monia) macrochisma
"Monia macroschisma" = Pododesmus (Monia) macrochisma Deshayes 1839 scallop | |
"Pecten oweni" = Patinopecten lohri
"Pecten oweni" = Patinopecten lohri Hertlein 1927 scallop | |
"Chione elsmerensis" = Securella elsmerensis, "Chione fernandoensis" = Chione (Securella) securis fernandoensis
"Chione elsmerensis" = Securella elsmerensis English 1914 venus clam
"Chione fernandoensis" = Chione (Securella) securis fernandoensis English 1914 venus clam | |
"Mulinia densata" = Pseudocardium densatum, "Schizothaerus nuttalli" = Tresus nuttallii
"Mulinia densata" = Pseudocardium densatum Conrad 1856 clam
"Schizothaerus nuttalli" = Tresus nuttallii Conrad 1837 clam | |
| Gastropoda | |
"Trophon coalingense" = Forreria coalingense
"Trophon coalingense" = Forreria coalingense Arnold 1909 murex snail | |