type locality of Bulla cantuaensis (Miocene of the United States)

Where: Fresno County, California (36.4° N, 120.4° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 40.4° N, 110.2° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Temblor Formation, Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the CAS

Primary reference: F. M. Anderson and B. Martin. 1914. Neocene record in the Temblor Basin, California, and Neocene deposits of the San Juan District, San Luis Obispo County. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Fourth Series 4(3):15-112 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 237363: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 06.12.2024

Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)

Taxonomic list

Echinoidea
 Clypeasteroida - Echinarachniidae
"Astrodapsis merriami" = Vaquerosella merriami
"Astrodapsis merriami" = Vaquerosella merriami Anderson 1905 sand dollar
Gastropoda
 Opisthobranchiata - Bullidae
Bulla cantuaensis n. sp. Anderson and Martin 1914 snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella ocoyana Conrad 1855 turret shell
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Chione temblorensis" = Chione (Chionopsis) temblorensis
"Chione temblorensis" = Chione (Chionopsis) temblorensis Anderson 1905 venus clam