UCMP 3301 (Miocene of the United States)

Where: Fresno County, California (36.5° N, 120.5° W: paleocoordinates 35.8° N, 116.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Temblor Formation, Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)

• reef bed

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the UCMP, USNM

Primary reference: V. L. VanderHoof. 1937. A study of the Miocene sirenian Desmostylus. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 24(8):169-262 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 159672: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 06.08.2014, edited by Jonathan Marcot

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Desmostylidae
Desmostylus hesperus Marsh 1888 desmostylian
Echinoidea
 Clypeasteroida - Echinarachniidae
"Scutella merriami" = Vaquerosella merriami
"Scutella merriami" = Vaquerosella merriami Anderson 1905 sand dollar
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
"Ostrea bourgeoisii" = Striostrea bourgeoisii
"Ostrea bourgeoisii" = Striostrea bourgeoisii RĂ©mond 1863 oyster
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Pecten crassicardo" = Lyropecten crassicardo, "Pecten andersoni" = Pacipecten andersoni
"Pecten crassicardo" = Lyropecten crassicardo Conrad 1856 scallop
"Pecten andersoni" = Pacipecten andersoni Arnold 1906 scallop
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Tivela gabbi Clark 1915 venus clam
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella andersoni Dickerson 1916 turret shell
as Turritella andersoni subsp. lawsoni
Globothalamea
 Rotaliida - Discorbidae