UCMP loc. 2643 (Pliocene of the United States)

Where: Fresno County, California (36.1° N, 120.5° W: paleocoordinates 35.9° N, 119.2° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Chione elsmerensis other zone, Etchegoin Formation, Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

• Chione elsmerensis zone.

Environment/lithology: marine; conglomeratic sandstone

• These beds are composed almost entirely of 'vivianitic' sandstone with beds

•of conglomerate.

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Nomland; reposited in the UCMP

Primary reference: J. O. Nomland. 1917. The Etchegoin Pliocene of middle California. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geology 10(14):191-254 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 216901: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 30.12.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
"Panope generosa" = Panopea generosa
"Panope generosa" = Panopea generosa Gould 1850 clam
 Pholadida - Myidae
Cryptomya quadrata
Cryptomya quadrata Arnold 1909 softshell clam
 Cardiida - Mactridae
"Schizothaerus nuttalli" = Tresus nuttallii
"Schizothaerus nuttalli" = Tresus nuttallii Conrad 1837 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Chione elsmerensis" = Securella elsmerensis, Saxidomus nuttalli
"Chione elsmerensis" = Securella elsmerensis English 1914 venus clam
Saxidomus nuttalli Conrad 1837 venus clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Pecten oweni" = Patinopecten lohri
"Pecten oweni" = Patinopecten lohri Hertlein 1927 scallop
 Arcida - Arcidae
"Arca trilineata" = Anadara trilineata
"Arca trilineata" = Anadara trilineata Conrad 1856 ark
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
"Modiolus rectus" = Modiolatus rectus
"Modiolus rectus" = Modiolatus rectus Conrad 1837 mussel
Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
"Nassa californiana" = Caesia californiana
"Nassa californiana" = Caesia californiana Conrad 1856 snail
 Neogastropoda - Siphonaliidae
"Thais kettlemanensis" = Calicantharus kettlemanensis
"Thais kettlemanensis" = Calicantharus kettlemanensis Arnold 1909 snail
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Trophon magister, "Murex (Ocinebra) concinna n. sp." = Murex temalentus, Murex (Ocinebra) tethys
Trophon magister Nomland 1916 murex snail
"Murex (Ocinebra) concinna n. sp." = Murex temalentus Hanna 1924 murex snail
Murex (Ocinebra) tethys Nomland 1917 murex snail
 Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
"Turris coalingensis" = Clavus (Clathrodrillia) coalingensis
"Turris coalingensis" = Clavus (Clathrodrillia) coalingensis Arnold 1909 snail
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
"Turris tryoniana" = Megasurcula carpenteriana
"Turris tryoniana" = Megasurcula carpenteriana Gabb 1866 turrid
 Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae
"Ficus nodiferus" = Ficus (Trophosycon) kerniana
"Ficus nodiferus" = Ficus (Trophosycon) kerniana Cooper 1894 fig shell
misspelled as "Ficus nodiferous"