Santa Margarita, near: Miocene, California
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Echinoidea
- Clypeasteroida
- Echinarachniidae
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Astrodapsis altus
Kew 1915
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Astrodapsis margaritanus
Kew 1920
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Astrodapsis tumidus
Rémond 1863
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Astrodapsis cierboensis
(Kew 1915)
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Pecten (Plagioctenium) discus
(Conrad 1857)
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Arnold 1906 | ||||||
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Pecten (Hinnites) giganteus
(Gray 1825)
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Arnold 1906 | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | California | County: | San Luis Obispo |
| Coordinates: | 35.4° North, 120.6° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 37.9° North, 114.4° West (Wright 2013) |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5-6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 23.03 - 5.333 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Santa Margarita |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 203540 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2019-08-19 17:13:53 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2019-08-19 17:13:53 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 32966. | U. S. Grant and L. G. Hertlein. 1938. The West American Cenozoic Echinoidea. Publications of the University of California at Los Angeles in Mathematical and Physical Sciences 2:1-225 [L. Villier/L. Villier] |
Secondary references:
| 71229 | R. Arnold. 1906. Tertiary and Quaternary pectens of California. USGS Professional Paper 47:1-264 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |