Temescal Canyon (Pliocene of the United States)

Where: Los Angeles County, California (34.1° N, 118.5° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 34.8° N, 116.8° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: D. S. Jordan and J. Z. Gilbert. 1919. Fossil fishes of the Pliocene formations of Southern California. Leland Stanford Junior University Publications, University Series 61-64 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 186032: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 06.06.2017

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Pecten (Pecten) stearnsii" = Leopecten stearnsii, "Pecten (Lyropecten) estrellanus catalinae" = Lyropecten catalinae, "Pecten (Plagioctenium) cerrosensis" = Lyropecten cerrosensis, "Pecten (Lyropecten) ashleyi" = Lyropecten cerrosensis, "Pecten (Patinopecten) oweni n. sp." = Patinopecten lohri, "Pecten (Pecten) bellus" = Euvola bella, "Pecten (Pecten) hemphilli" = Euvola bella, "Pecten (Chlamys) hastatus hericius" = Chlamys hastata, "Pecten (Chlamys) opuntia" = Chlamys opuntia
"Pecten (Pecten) stearnsii" = Leopecten stearnsii Dall 1878 scallop
"Pecten (Lyropecten) estrellanus catalinae" = Lyropecten catalinae Arnold 1906 scallop
"Pecten (Plagioctenium) cerrosensis" = Lyropecten cerrosensis Gabb 1866 scallop
"Pecten (Lyropecten) ashleyi" = Lyropecten cerrosensis Gabb 1866 scallop
"Pecten (Patinopecten) oweni n. sp." = Patinopecten lohri Hertlein 1927 scallop
"Pecten (Pecten) bellus" = Euvola bella Conrad 1856 scallop
"Pecten (Pecten) hemphilli" = Euvola bella Conrad 1856 scallop
"Pecten (Chlamys) hastatus hericius" = Chlamys hastata Sowerby 1842 spear scallop
"Pecten (Chlamys) opuntia" = Chlamys opuntia Dall 1898 scallop
Chondrichthyes
 Squaliformes - Scymnorhinidae
Scymnorhinus occidentalis Agassiz 1856 shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae
Galeorhinus hannibali Jordan and Beal 1910 school shark