UCMP loc. 2377

US / CA

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UCMP loc. 2377 is a fossil collection site in Fresno, California, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Etchegoin Formation, dated to the Pliocene (5.333–2.58 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as marine indet. Documented finds include Anadara trilineata, Cryptomya californica, Glycymeris septentrionalis, Macoma (Macoma) inquinata, Leporimetis obesa, Ostrea (Ostrea) atwoodii.

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Geologic setting

Formation: Etchegoin
Geologic interval: Pliocene
Age: 5.333–2.58 Ma
Depositional environment: marine indet.
Recorded occurrences: 17

Locality notes

2377. Center of NW 1/4 of SE 1/4 Sec. 34, T. 19S, R.15E. Lowest invertebrate fossiliferous zone.

Fossils found here

Anadara trilineata

Bivalvia · Arcidae

Cryptomya californica

Bivalvia · Myidae

Glycymeris septentrionalis

Bivalvia · Glycymerididae

Macoma (Macoma) inquinata

Bivalvia · Tellinidae

Leporimetis obesa

Bivalvia · Tellinidae

Ostrea (Ostrea) atwoodii

Bivalvia · Ostreidae

Patinopecten lohri

Bivalvia · Pectinidae

Tresus nuttallii

Bivalvia · Mactridae

Calyptraea filosa

Gastropoda · Calyptraeidae

Moniliopsis graciosana mercedensis

Gastropoda · Borsoniidae

Tritonalia temelenta

Gastropoda · Muricidae

Natica (Neverita) convexa

Gastropoda · Naticidae

Polinices (Euspira) galianoi

Gastropoda · Naticidae

Caesia californiana

Gastropoda · Nassariidae

Callianax biplicata

Gastropoda · Olividae

Calicantharus kettlemanensis

Gastropoda · Buccinidae

Turritella vanvlecki

Gastropoda · Turritellidae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 216864 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Coordinates: 36.22983, -120.32638

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