Also known as LACMIP loc. 22588
Where: Stanislaus County, California (37.2° N, 121.1° W: paleocoordinates 43.3° N, 96.5° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Moreno Formation (Great Valley Group), Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by W.P. Popenoe in 1951; 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: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 185509: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 25.04.2017, edited by Jonathan Marcot
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Bivalvia | |
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Callistalox cf. fragilis Gabb 1869 venus clam | |
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Cymbophora aff. ashburnerii Gabb 1864 clam | |
"Idonearca "n. sp. B"" = Cucullaea (Idonearca)
"Idonearca "n. sp. B"" = Cucullaea (Idonearca) Conrad 1862 clam | |
"Glycymeris (Glycymeris) aff. veatchii" = Glycymerita veatchii
"Glycymeris (Glycymeris) aff. veatchii" = Glycymerita veatchii Gabb 1864 clam | |
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Pycnodonte (Pycnodonte) sp. Fischer von Waldheim 1835 oyster | |
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Septifer sp. Récluz 1848 mussel | |
| Gastropoda | |
Garzasia diabla n. gen. n. sp.1
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Polinices sp. Monfort 1810 moon snail | |
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? Priscoficus sp. Conrad 1866 fig shell | |
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Pyktes hamulus Gabb 1864 snail | |
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Turritella chaneyi Merriam 1941 turret shell | |
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? Bittiscala sp. Finlay and Marwick 1937 horn snail | |
| Cephalopoda | |
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Baculites aff. inornatus Meek 1862 ammonite | |