UC 56 - Coyote Mountain [Imperial Fm] (Pliocene of the United States)

Where: Imperial County, California (32.8° N, 116.0° W: paleocoordinates 32.6° N, 114.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Pliocene (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Imperial Formation, for which lithostratigraphic relationships are not discussed. AGE: Early Pliocene, based on existing (more recent) collections. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within formation.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified sandstone

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Fossil collections generally originate from sandstone layers. LITHIFICATION: Poorly lithified, on the basis of figured specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the UCMP

Collection methods: bulk,

• COLLECTORS: W.S.W. Kew, W.W. English, and J.P. Buwalda. REPOSITORY: UCMP.

Primary reference: G. D. Hanna. 1926. Paleontology of Coyote Mountain, Imperial County, California. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 14(18):427-503 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 96548: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 11.06.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for molluscs. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with antiquated nomenclature, and species-resolution identifications.
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
"Strombus obliteratus" = Persististrombus obliteratus
"Strombus obliteratus" = Persististrombus obliteratus Hanna 1926 true conch
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
"Fasciolaria princeps" = Triplofusus princeps
"Fasciolaria princeps" = Triplofusus princeps Sowerby 1825 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Tonnidae
Malea ringens Swainson 1822 tun shell