USGS Cenozoic M975 San Ardo: Messinian, California
collected by C. L. Rice 1960
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Thecostraca
- Balanomorpha
- Balanidae
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Balanus gregarius
(Conrad 1856)
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| original and current combination Tamiosoma gregaria | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neotaenioglossa
- Calyptraeidae
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Crepidula sp.
Lamarck 1799
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Crucibulum informal n. sp. ?
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella gonostoma
Valenciennes 1832
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| hemphilli | ||||||||||
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Turritella vanvlecki
Arnold 1909
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Mytilus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea atwoodi
(Gabb 1866)
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| recombined as Ostrea (Ostrea) atwoodii | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Hinnites giganteus
(Gray 1825)
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| recombined as Crassadoma gigantea | ||||||||||
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Pecten (Lyropecten) estrellanus
(Conrad 1856)
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Arnold 1906 | |||||||||
| recombined as Nodipecten estrellanus | ||||||||||
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Pecten (Lyropecten) crassicardo
(Conrad 1856)
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Arnold 1906 | |||||||||
| recombined as Lyropecten crassicardo | ||||||||||
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Echinoidea
- Clypeasteroida
- Echinarachniidae
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Astrodapsis crassus
(Kew 1920)
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| invalid subgroup of Astrodapsis arnoldi | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | California | County: | Monterey |
| Coordinates: | 36.0° North, 120.9° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.7° North, 119.0° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Messinian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Messinian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 7.24600 - 5.33300 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Pancho Rico | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Described in reference as Pliocene. Pancho Rico Formation is Miocene per Addicott 1978 (Geological Survey Bulletin, Issue 1457). AGE: Revised to Messian consistent with EPICC stratigraphic revision [A. Hendy, 06/2020]. |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | C. L. Rice | Collection dates: | 1960 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | UCMP IP6653 | ||
| Database number: | 194799 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Holroyd, M. Uhen | Enterer: | S. Tremblay, M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2018-06-29 18:55:20 | Last modified: | 2020-06-16 03:42:06 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-06-29 18:55:20 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 66206. | D. L. Durham and W. O. Addicott. 1965. Pancho Rico Formation, Salinas Valley. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 524(A):A1-A22 [P. Holroyd/S. Tremblay] |
Secondary references:
| 71229 | R. Arnold. 1906. Tertiary and Quaternary pectens of California. USGS Professional Paper 47:1-264 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |