UCMP loc. 2534, Waltham Creek: Pliocene, California
collected by Nomland
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Thecostraca
- Balanomorpha
- Balanidae
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Tamiosoma gregaria
Conrad 1856
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Thais lamellosa
Gmelin 1791
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Trophon coalingense
Arnold 1909
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| recombined as Forreria coalingense | |||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Siphonaliidae
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Chrysodomus portolaensis
(Arnold 1908)
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| recombined as Lirabuccinum portolaensis | |||||||
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Thais kettlemanensis
Arnold 1909
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| recombined as Calicantharus kettlemanensis | |||||||
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Gastropoda
- Ficidae
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Ficus nodiferus
Gabb 1869
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| synonym of Ficus (Trophosycon) kerniana | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Macoma vanvlecki
Arnold 1909
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| recombined as Macoma (Rexithaerus) vanvlecki | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Chione elsmerensis
English 1914
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| recombined as Securella elsmerensis | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Hiatellida
- Hiatellidae
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Panope generosa
(Gould 1850)
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| original and current combination Panopea generosa | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Pecten oweni
(Arnold 1906)
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| replaced by Patinopecten lohri | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | California | County: | Fresno |
| Coordinates: | 36.1° North, 120.5° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.8° North, 119.2° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Pliocene | Other zone: | Chione elsmerensis |
| Age range of interval: | 5.33300 - 2.58000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Etchegoin | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Chione elsmerensis zone. |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | conglomeratic sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: These beds are composed almost entirely of 'vivianitic' sandstone with beds of conglomerate. | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Museum repositories: | UCMP |
| Collectors: | Nomland |
Metadata
| Database number: | 216869 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Marcot | Enterer: | J. Marcot | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2020-12-29 19:01:14 | Last modified: | 2020-12-29 19:01:14 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2020-12-29 19:01:14 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 2657. | 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] |