LACMIP 305, K Ranch: Piacenzian, California

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Paracyathus stearnsii Verrill 1869
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Rhizangiidae
Astrangia cf. insignifica Nomland 1916
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Dendrophyllia cf. oldroydi Faustino 1931
Balanophyllia elegans Verrill 1864
Gastropoda - Ranellidae
Reticutriton elsmerensis (English 1914)
Beu 2010 33 specimens
Monoplex amictus (Reeve 1844)
Beu 2010 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Bursidae
Crossata ventricosa (Broderip 1833)
Beu 2010 80 specimens
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Myidae
Sphenia cf. luticola (Valenciennes 1846)
Hertlein and Grant 1972
Thecostraca - Balanomorpha - Balanidae
Balanus (Hesperibalanus) proinus (Woodring and Bramlette 1950)
Zullo 1969
Cetolepas hertleini n. gen., n. sp. Zullo 1969
Zullo 1969
Balanus (Balanus) cf. pacificus (Pilsbry 1916)
Zullo 1969
recombined as Paraconcavus pacificus
Balanus (Balanus) nubilus (Darwin 1854)
Zullo 1969
original and current combination Balanus nubilus
Balanus (Balanus) kanakoffi n. sp. Zullo 1969
Zullo 1969
Balanus (Balanus) gregarius (Conrad 1856)
Zullo 1969
original and current combination Tamiosoma gregaria
Thecostraca - Balanomorpha - Coronulidae
Coronula barbara Darwin 1854
Zullo 1969
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Cancridae
Cancer (Romaleon) antennarius (Stimpson 1856)
Nations 1975
recombined as Romaleon antennarium
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:California County:San Diego
Coordinates: 32.5° North, 117.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:32.4° North, 116.2° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Pliocene
Stage:Piacenzian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Piacenzian
Age range of interval:3.60000 - 2.58000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:San Diego
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: poorly lithified "siliciclastic"
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:LACM
Metadata
Database number:122752
Authorizer:W. Kiessling, A. Hendy, J. Marcot, M. Clapham Enterer:U. Merkel, J. Marcot, A. Hendy, M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2012-01-05 19:47:42 Last modified:2022-07-15 23:07:29
Access level:the public Released:2012-01-05 19:47:42
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
36589. L. G. Hertlein and U. S. Grant. 1960. The geology and paleontology of the marine Pliocene of San Diego, California. Part 2a, Paleontology. Memoirs of the San Diego Society of Natural History 2:73-134 [L. Villier/L. Villier/U. Merkel]

Secondary references:

30037 A. G. Beu. 2010. Neogene Tonnoidean Gastropods of Tropical and South America; contributions to the Dominican Republic and Panama Paleontology Projects and Uplift of the Central American Isthmus. Bulletins of American Paleontology (377-378)1-550 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
72722 A. Buczek, A. Hendy, M. Hopkins and J. Sessa. 2020. On the reconciliation of biostratigraphy and strontium isotope stratigraphy of three southern Californian Plio-Pleistocene formations. Geological Society America Bulletin 133(1-2):100-114 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/J. Marcot]
57822 L. G. Hertlein and U. S. Grant. 1972. The Geology and Paleontology of the Marine Pliocene of San Diego, California (Paleontology: Pelecypoda). San Diego Society of Natural History Memoir 2(B):135-411 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
52667decapod J. D. Nations. 1975. The genus Cancer (Crustacea: Brachyura): systematics, biogeography and fossil record. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Science Bulletin 23:1-104 [C. Schweitzer/C. Schweitzer]
88118 V. A. Zullo. 1969. Thoracic Cirripedia of the San Diego Formation, San Diego County, California. Contrtibutions in Science, Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History 159:1-25 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]