Pliocene Invertebrates From the Travertine Point Outcrop of the Imperial Formation, Imperial County, California
Scientific Investigations Report
2008-5155
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Abstract
Forty-four invertebrate taxa, including one coral, 40 mollusks (30 bivalves and 10 gastropods), and three echinoids are recognized from a thin marine interval of the Imperial Formation near Travertine Point, Imperial County, California. The Travertine Point outcrop lies about midway between exposures of the Imperial Formation around Palm Springs, Riverside County, and exposures centered at Coyote Mountain in Imperial and San Diego Counties. Based on faunal comparisons, the Travertine Point outcrop corresponds to the Imperial and San Diego outcrops.
The Travertine Point fauna is inferred to have lived in subtropical to tropical waters at littoral to inner sublittorial (<50 m) water depths. Coral and molluscan species from the Travertine Point outcrop indicate a Pliocene age. Two extant bivalve mollusks present have not previously been reported as fossils Anadara reinharti and forms questionably referred to Dosinia semiobliterata.
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| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Pliocene Invertebrates From the Travertine Point Outcrop of the Imperial Formation, Imperial County, California |
| Series title | Scientific Investigations Report |
| Series number | 2008-5155 |
| DOI | 10.3133/sir20085155 |
| Edition | - |
| Year Published | 2008 |
| Language | ENGLISH |
| Publisher | Geological Survey (U.S.) |
| Contributing office(s) | Western Earth Surface Processes |
| Description | iv, 25 p. |
| Online Only (Y/N) | Y |
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