Also known as 90E-21
Where: Santa Clara County, California (37.1° N, 121.9° W: paleocoordinates 43.4° N, 91.5° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Middle Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by W.P. Elder in 1990; reposited in the USGS
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: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 185368: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 19.04.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Demospongiae | |
Entobia sp. Bronn 1838 demosponge | |
Calcarea | |
Calcarea indet. Bowerbank 1864 calcareous sponge | |
Crinoidea | |
Isocrinus sp. von Meyer 1836 Sea lily | |
Echinoidea | |
Cidaroida indet. Claus 1880 pencil urchin | |
Polychaeta | |
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835 | |
Cephalopoda | |
Baculites sp. Lamarck 1799 ammonite | |
Bivalvia | |
Isognomon sp. Lightfoot 1786 oyster | |
Amphidonte (Amphidonte) parasitica Gabb 1864 oyster | |
Acesta sp. Adams and Adams 1858 file clam
Lima "n. sp. A" Bruguière 1797 file clam | |
? Spondylus sp. Linnaeus 1758 scallop
Camptonectes sp. Meek 1864 scallop | |
Inoceramidae indet. Giebel 1852 clam | |
Barbatia sp. Gray 1842 clam | |
Glycymeris (Glycymeris) cf. apletos Dailey and Popenoe 1966 clam | |
aff. Musculus sp. Roding 1798 mussel | |
Mytilus sp. Linnaeus 1758 mussel
Mytilus cf. pauperculus Gabb 1864 mussel | |
Meekia (Mygallia) bella Saul and Popenoe 1962 clam | |
Cymbophora popenoei Saul 1974 clam
Cymbophora triangulata Waring 1917 clam | |
Crassatella sp. Lamarck 1799 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
? Anisomyon sp. Meek and Hayden 1860 pulmonate | |
Naticidae indet. Guilding 1834 moon snail | |
Hipponix dichotomus Gabb 1864 hoof shell | |
? Aporrhaidae indet. Gray 1850 snail | |
"Lysis cf. intermedia" = Garzasia intermedia
"Lysis cf. intermedia" = Garzasia intermedia Cooper 1894 snail | |
Cerithiidae indet. Fleming 1822 cerith snail | |
? Calliomphalus sp. Cossmann 1888 snail | |
Biplica sp. Popenoe 1957 snail | |
? Architectonica sp. Röding 1798 sundial | |
Patellogastropoda indet. limpet |