Where: Kings County, California (35.9° N, 120.0° W: paleocoordinates 35.7° N, 119.0° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Macoma Zone Member (Etchegoin Formation), Blancan (4.9 - 1.8 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: W. P. Woodring, R. Stewart, and R. W. Richards. 1940. Geology of the Kettleman Hills Oil Field, California, Stratigraphy, Paleontology and Structure. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 195:1-170 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/P. Holroyd]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 19695: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.05.2002, edited by Patricia Holroyd
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
"cf. Mytilus coalingensis" = Mytilus (Crenomytilus) coalingensis
"cf. Mytilus coalingensis" = Mytilus (Crenomytilus) coalingensis Arnold 1909 mussel | |
Pseudocardium densatum Conrad 1856 clam | |
"Venerupis cf. tenerrima" = Callithaca tenerrima Carpenter 1857 venus clam
? Saxidomus sp. Conrad 1837 venus clam
Venerupis sp. Lamarck 1818 venus clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Siphonalia sp. Adams 1863 true whelk | |
cf. Calliostoma sp. Swainson 1840 top snail | |
Echinoidea | |
Dendraster gibbsii Rémond 1863 sand dollar | |
Mammalia | |
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