UCMP loc. 2520

US / CA

•36.09047, -120.41185View on Map Open in Google Maps

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UCMP loc. 2520 is a fossil collection site in Fresno, California, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Jacalitos Formation, dated to the Late Miocene (11.63–5.333 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as marine indet. Documented finds include Anadara trilineata, Securella elsmerensis, Cyrena californica, Diplodonta parilis, Glycymeris septentrionalis, Macoma nasuta.

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Geologic setting

Formation: Jacalitos
Geologic interval: Late Miocene
Age: 11.63–5.333 Ma
Depositional environment: marine indet.
Recorded occurrences: 18

Locality notes

2520. Near center of SE 1/4 of NW 1/4 Sec. 24, T.21S, R.14E. About 200 yards east of Alcalde-Jacalitos Ranch road.

Fossils found here

Anadara trilineata

Bivalvia · Arcidae

Securella elsmerensis

Bivalvia · Veneridae

Cyrena californica

Bivalvia · Cyrenidae

Diplodonta parilis

Bivalvia · Ungulinidae

Glycymeris septentrionalis

Bivalvia · Glycymerididae

Macoma nasuta

Bivalvia · Tellinidae

Rexithaerus secta

Bivalvia · Tellinidae

Pseudocardium densatum

Bivalvia · Mactridae

Ostrea (Ostrea) atwoodii

Bivalvia · Ostreidae

Panopea generosa

Bivalvia · Hiatellidae

Patinopecten lohri

Bivalvia · Pectinidae

Lyropecten terminus

Bivalvia · Pectinidae

Saxidomus nuttalli

Bivalvia · Veneridae

Tresus nuttallii

Bivalvia · Mactridae

Siliqua lucida

Bivalvia · Pharidae

Caesia californiana

Gastropoda · Nassariidae

Tamiosoma gregaria

Thecostraca · Balanidae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 216865 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Coordinates: 36.09047, -120.41185

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