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UCMP loc. 2693

US / CA
36.09190, -120.40497View on MapOpen in Google Maps
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UCMP loc. 2693 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 Glycymeris septentrionalis, Pseudocardium densatum, Periploma (Periploma) planiuscula, Calliostoma kerri, Crepidula adunca, Caesia californiana.

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Fossil

Geologic setting

Formation
Etchegoin
Geologic interval
Pliocene
Age
5.333–2.58 Ma
Depositional environment
marine indet.
Recorded occurrences
9
Locality notes

2693. On ridge extending from 1910-foot hill near NE corner of SW 1/4 of NE 1/4 Sec. 24, T.21S, R.14E.

Fossils found here

Glycymeris septentrionalis
Bivalvia · Glycymerididae
Pseudocardium densatum
Bivalvia · Mactridae
Periploma (Periploma) planiuscula
Bivalvia · Periplomatidae
Calliostoma kerri
Gastropoda · Trochidae
Crepidula adunca
Gastropoda · Calyptraeidae
Caesia californiana
Gastropoda · Nassariidae
Polinices (Euspira) galianoi
Gastropoda · Naticidae
Clavus (Clathrodrillia) coalingensis
Gastropoda · Drilliidae
Turritella cooperi nova
Gastropoda · Turritellidae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 216912 (CC BY 4.0)view the source record

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Coordinates: 36.09190, -120.40497

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