Where: Humboldt County, California (40.5° N, 124.4° W: paleocoordinates 39.4° N, 122.3° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Rio Dell Formation (Wildcat Group), Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)
• "middle and upper portion of Wildcat Series" of Martin 1914, 1916
Environment/lithology: coastal; 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 220032: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 30.04.2021
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Buccinum saundersi n. sp.
Buccinum saundersi n. sp. Martin 1914 true whelk | |
Boreotrophon fleenerensis n. sp.
Boreotrophon fleenerensis n. sp. Martin 1914 murex snail | |
Bivalvia | |
"Modiolus stalderi n. sp." = Musculus (Musculus) stalderi
"Modiolus stalderi n. sp." = Musculus (Musculus) stalderi Martin 1914 mussel |