Tourmaline Road, south (Pliocene of the United States)

Also known as Pacific Beach

Where: San Diego County, California (32.8° N, 117.3° W: paleocoordinates 32.6° N, 116.0° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: San Diego Formation, Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; sandy siltstone

• dark sandy silt

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. Arnold. 1906. Tertiary and Quaternary pectens of California. USGS Professional Paper 47:1-264 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 120820: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 22.11.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Polyplacophora
 Neoloricata - Ischnochitonidae
"Ischnochiton (Stenoplax) conspicuus" = Stenoplax conspicua1
"Ischnochiton (Stenoplax) conspicuus" = Stenoplax conspicua1 Carpenter 1879 conspicuous chiton
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Pecten (Plagioctenium) cooperi n. sp." = Argopecten invalidus, "Pecten (Pecten) hemphilli" = Euvola bella, "Pecten (Plagioctenium) cerrosensis" = Lyropecten cerrosensis, "Pecten (Lyropecten) ashleyi" = Lyropecten cerrosensis, "Pecten (Chlamys) bellhamellatus n. sp." = Chlamys, "Pecten (Chlamys) opuntia" = Chlamys opuntia, "Pecten (Chlamys) parmeleei" = Swiftopecten parmeleei, "Pecten (Chlamys) jordani" = Chlamys rubida, "Pecten (Chlamys) hastatus" = Chlamys hastata, "Pecten hastatus" = Chlamys hastata, "Pecten (Hinnites) giganteus" = Crassadoma gigantea, "Pecten (Pecten) stearnsii" = Leopecten stearnsii
"Pecten (Plagioctenium) cooperi n. sp." = Argopecten invalidus Hanna 1924 calico scallop
"Pecten (Pecten) hemphilli" = Euvola bella Conrad 1856 scallop
"Pecten (Plagioctenium) cerrosensis" = Lyropecten cerrosensis Gabb 1866 scallop
"Pecten (Lyropecten) ashleyi" = Lyropecten cerrosensis Gabb 1866 scallop
"Pecten (Chlamys) bellhamellatus n. sp." = Chlamys scallop
"Pecten (Chlamys) opuntia" = Chlamys opuntia Dall 1898 scallop
"Pecten (Chlamys) parmeleei" = Swiftopecten parmeleei Dall 1898 scallop
"Pecten (Chlamys) jordani" = Chlamys rubida Hinds 1845 scallop
"Pecten (Chlamys) hastatus" = Chlamys hastata Sowerby 1842 scallop
"Pecten hastatus" = Chlamys hastata Sowerby 1842 scallop
var navarchus
"Pecten (Hinnites) giganteus" = Crassadoma gigantea Gray 1825 scallop
"Pecten (Pecten) stearnsii" = Leopecten stearnsii Dall 1878 scallop
Echinoidea
 Spatangoida - Spatangidae
Spatangus rarus2 Israelsky 1923 heart urchin
 Spatangoida - Loveniidae
Lovenia hemphilli2 heart urchin
 Clypeasteroida - Dendrasteridae
"Merriamaster pacificus" = Dendraster pacificus2
"Merriamaster pacificus" = Dendraster pacificus2 Kew 1920 sand dollar
Aves
 Charadriiformes - Alcoidae
Mancalla emlongi n. sp.3 Olson 1981 auk