Temescal Canyon (Pliocene of the United States)
Where: Los Angeles County, California (34.1° N, 118.5° W: paleocoordinates 33.8° N, 117.3° W)
• 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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Chondrichthyes | |
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Galeorhinus hannibali Jordan and Beal 1910 school shark | |
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Scymnorhinus occidentalis Agassiz 1856 shark | |
| Bivalvia | |
"Pecten (Chlamys) opuntia" = Chlamys opuntia, "Pecten (Chlamys) hastatus" = Chlamys hastata, "Pecten (Pecten) stearnsii" = Leopecten stearnsii, "Pecten (Plagioctenium) cerrosensis" = Lyropecten cerrosensis, "Pecten (Lyropecten) ashleyi" = Lyropecten cerrosensis, "Pecten (Lyropecten) estrellanus" = Nodipecten estrellanus, "Pecten (Pecten) bellus" = Euvola bella, "Pecten (Pecten) hemphilli" = Euvola bella, "Pecten (Patinopecten) oweni n. sp." = Patinopecten lohri
"Pecten (Chlamys) opuntia" = Chlamys opuntia Dall 1898 scallop
"Pecten (Pecten) stearnsii" = Leopecten stearnsii Dall 1878 scallop
"Pecten (Plagioctenium) cerrosensis" = Lyropecten cerrosensis Gabb 1866 scallop
"Pecten (Lyropecten) ashleyi" = Lyropecten cerrosensis Gabb 1866 scallop
"Pecten (Pecten) bellus" = Euvola bella Conrad 1856 scallop
"Pecten (Pecten) hemphilli" = Euvola bella Conrad 1856 scallop
"Pecten (Patinopecten) oweni n. sp." = Patinopecten lohri Hertlein 1927 scallop | |