Where: Kings County, California (35.9° N, 120.0° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 36.6° N, 118.6° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Pecten Zone Member (San Joaquin Formation), Blancan (4.9 - 1.8 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: W. P. Woodring, R. Stewart, and R. W. Richards. 1940. Geology of the Kettleman Hills Oil Field, California, Stratigraphy, Paleontology and Structure. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 195:1-170 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/P. Holroyd]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 19677: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.05.2002, edited by Patricia Holroyd
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Thecostraca | |
Balanus sp. Da Costa 1778 barnacle | |
Bivalvia | |
"Mytilus coalingensis" = Mytilus (Crenomytilus) coalingensis, "Volsella cf. recta" = Modiolatus rectus
"Mytilus coalingensis" = Mytilus (Crenomytilus) coalingensis Arnold 1909 mussel
"Volsella cf. recta" = Modiolatus rectus Conrad 1837 mussel | |
"Ostrea vespertina" = Dendostrea vespertina
"Ostrea vespertina" = Dendostrea vespertina Conrad 1855 oyster | |
"Pecten coalingensis" = Oppenheimopecten coalingaensis
"Pecten coalingensis" = Oppenheimopecten coalingaensis Arnold 1906 scallop | |
Anadara trilineata Conrad 1856 ark | |
Macoma cf. nasuta, "Tellina cf. oldroydi" = Tellina (Eurytellina) oldroydi
Macoma cf. nasuta Conrad 1837 tellin clam
"Tellina cf. oldroydi" = Tellina (Eurytellina) oldroydi Wiedey 1928 tellin clam | |
"Trachycardium cf. quadragenarium" = Dallocardia quadragenarium
"Trachycardium cf. quadragenarium" = Dallocardia quadragenarium Conrad 1837 cockle | |
Gastropoda | |
"Neverita reclusiana" = Glossaulax reclusiana, "Lunatia cf. lewisii" = Euspira lewisii
"Neverita reclusiana" = Glossaulax reclusiana Deshayes 1839 moon snail
"Lunatia cf. lewisii" = Euspira lewisii Gould 1847 moon snail | |
"Cancellaria altispira" = Cancellaria tritonidea altispira
"Cancellaria altispira" = Cancellaria tritonidea altispira Gabb 1869 snail | |
"? Pseudotoma sp." = Genota (Pseudotoma)
"? Pseudotoma sp." = Genota (Pseudotoma) Bellardi 1875 snail | |
""Nassa" coalingensis" = Nassarius (Caesia) coalingensis
""Nassa" coalingensis" = Nassarius (Caesia) coalingensis Arnold 1909 snail | |
Calyptraea cf. inornata Gabb 1869 slipper shell | |
Mammalia | |
Camelidae indet. Gray 1821 camel |