UCLA 6353, Garzas Creek (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as LACMIP 26353

Where: Stanislaus County, California (37.2° N, 121.1° W: paleocoordinates 43.3° N, 96.5° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Garzas Member (Moreno Formation), Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

• Late early to early late Maastrichtian.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified sandstone

• No paleoenvironmental data reported.

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by R.B. Stewart in 1944; reposited in the LACM

Primary reference: W. P. Elder and J. W. Miller. 1993. Map and checklists of Jurassic and Cretaceous macrofossil localities within the San Jose 1:100,000 Quadrangle, California, and discussion of paleontological results. United States Geological Survey Open-File Report 93-503:1-49 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 176785: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 02.03.2016, edited by Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella chaneyi Merriam 1941 turret shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Polinices sp. Monfort 1810 moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Capulidae
Garzasia diabla1 Saul and Squires 2008 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae
Bulbificopsis garza2 Squires and Saul 2003 fig shell
 Neogastropoda - Pyropsidae
cf. Pyropsis sp. Conrad 1860 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Pyktes hamulus Gabb 1864 snail
Bivalvia
 Solenida - Pharidae
? Senis sp. Stephenson 1953 clam
 Cardiida - Mactridae
 Cardiida - Tancrediidae
Meekia (Meekia) sella Gabb 1864 clam
 Lucinida - Mactromyidae
Clisocolus dubius Gabb 1864 clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Septifer sp. Récluz 1848 mussel
 Pectinida - Limidae
Lima sp. Bruguière 1797 file clam
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia sp. Linnaeus 1758 jingle
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
cf. Aguileria sp. White 1887 oyster
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Pycnodonte (Pycnodonte) sp. Fischer von Waldheim 1835 oyster
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
"Glycymeris (Glycymeris) aff. veatchii" = Glycymerita veatchii
"Glycymeris (Glycymeris) aff. veatchii" = Glycymerita veatchii Gabb 1864 clam
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
"Idonearca "n. sp. A"" = Cucullaea (Idonearca)
"Idonearca "n. sp. A"" = Cucullaea (Idonearca) Conrad 1862 clam