UCMP loc. 1549, Bolinas Bay (Pliocene of the United States)

Where: Marin County, California (37.9° N, 122.7° W: paleocoordinates 37.7° N, 121.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

• "Merced Series"

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by B. Martin in 1911; reposited in the UCMP

Primary reference: B. Martin. 1914. Descriptions of new species of fossil Mollusca from the later marine Neocene of California. University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geology 8(7):181-202 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 220029: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 30.04.2021

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
"Nassa moraniana n. sp." = Caesia moraniana
"Nassa moraniana n. sp." = Caesia moraniana Martin 1914 snail
 Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
Drillia mercedensis Martin 1914 snail
said to be from "the Merced Series ... at Bolinas Bay," but possibly another UCMP locality