Also known as D-1052
Where: Fresno County, California (35.9° N, 120.2° W: paleocoordinates 35.2° N, 115.9° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Temblor Formation, Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)
• Sandstone ledge about 50 ft stratigraphically above D-1051. This the highest Temblor Formation ledge exposed on this ridge. From faunizone B (zone 4) (for that reason assigned an middle Miocene age).
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; fine-grained, gray, blue, silty, calcareous sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the UCMP
Collection methods: quarrying,
• Collected by O. Adegoke. Collectetions reposited at UCMP.
Primary reference: O.S. Adegoke. 1969. Stratigraphy and paleontology of the marine Neogene formations of the Coalinga region, California. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 80 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 44965: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 23.09.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Dosinia sp., Dosinia (Dosinella) merriami, Tivela sp., Clementia (Egesta) pertenuis, "Amiantis diabloensis" = Pitar diabloensis
Dosinia (Dosinella) merriami Clark 1915 venus clam
Clementia (Egesta) pertenuis Gabb 1864 venus clam
"Amiantis diabloensis" = Pitar diabloensis Anderson 1905 venus clam | |
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"Modiolus ynezianus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) ynezianus, Septifer sp.
"Modiolus ynezianus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) ynezianus Arnold 1908 mussel Subspecies: Modiolus ynezianus garzaensis; doubtful determination
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"Anadara (Anadara) osmonti" = Anadara osmonti
"Anadara (Anadara) osmonti" = Anadara osmonti Dall 1909 ark | |
"Aequipecten andersoni" = Pacipecten andersoni
"Aequipecten andersoni" = Pacipecten andersoni Arnold 1906 scallop |