LACMIP 305, K Ranch (Pliocene of the United States)

Also known as LACM locality 44213

Where: San Diego County, California (32.5° N, 117.1° W: paleocoordinates 32.4° N, 116.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: San Diego Formation, Piacenzian (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the LACM

Primary reference: L. G. Hertlein and U. S. Grant. 1960. The geology and paleontology of the marine Pliocene of San Diego, California. Part 2a, Paleontology. Memoirs of the San Diego Society of Natural History 2:73-134 [L. Villier/L. Villier/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 122752: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 05.01.2012, edited by Austin Hendy, Matthew Clapham, Jonathan Marcot and Patricia Holroyd

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Ranellidae
Reticutriton elsmerensis1 English 1914 triton shell
Monoplex amictus1 Reeve 1844 triton shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Bursidae
Crossata ventricosa1 Broderip 1833 frog shell
Bivalvia
 Pholadida - Myidae
Sphenia cf. luticola3 Valenciennes 1846 softshell clam
Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Cancridae
"Cancer (Romaleon) antennarius" = Romaleon antennarium4
"Cancer (Romaleon) antennarius" = Romaleon antennarium4 Stimpson 1856 crab
Thecostraca
 Balanomorpha - Coronulidae
Coronula barbara5 Darwin 1854 whale barnacle
 Balanomorpha - Balanidae
Balanus (Hesperibalanus) proinus5, "Balanus (Balanus) cf. pacificus" = Paraconcavus pacificus5, Cetolepas hertleini n. gen. n. sp.5, "Balanus (Balanus) gregarius" = Tamiosoma gregaria5, Balanus (Balanus) kanakoffi n. sp.5, "Balanus (Balanus) nubilus" = Balanus nubilus5
Balanus (Hesperibalanus) proinus5 Woodring and Bramlette 1950 barnacle
"Balanus (Balanus) cf. pacificus" = Paraconcavus pacificus5 Pilsbry 1916 barnacle
Cetolepas hertleini n. gen. n. sp.5 Zullo 1969 barnacle
"Balanus (Balanus) gregarius" = Tamiosoma gregaria5 Conrad 1856 barnacle
Balanus (Balanus) kanakoffi n. sp.5 Zullo 1969 barnacle
"Balanus (Balanus) nubilus" = Balanus nubilus5 Darwin 1854 barnacle
Actinopteri
 Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Symbolophorus californiensis2 Eignemann and Eignemann 1889 lanternfish
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Paracyathus stearnsii Verrill 1869 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Dendrophyllia cf. oldroydi Faustino 1931 stony coral
Balanophyllia elegans Verrill 1864 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Rhizangiidae
Astrangia cf. insignifica Nomland 1916 stony coral