Mount Diablo: Miocene, California

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Pecten (Lyropecten) crassicardo (Conrad 1856)
recombined as Lyropecten crassicardo
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:California County:Contra Costa
Coordinates: 37.9° North, 122.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:37.1° North, 117.9° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5-6
Key time interval:Miocene
Age range of interval:23.03000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
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:general faunal/floral analysis
Museum repositories:UCMP
Metadata
Database number:208081
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2020-03-18 17:41:54 Last modified:2020-03-18 17:41:54
Access level:the public Released:2020-03-18 17:41:54
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

71229. R. Arnold. 1906. Tertiary and Quaternary pectens of California. USGS Professional Paper 47:1-264 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]