Also known as LACMIP loc. 23625
Where: Butte County, California (39.9° N, 121.7° W: paleocoordinates 45.1° N, 86.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Musty Buck Member (Chico Formation), Early/Lower Santonian (85.8 - 83.5 Ma)
• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Chico Fm, for which lithostratigraphic relationships are not discussed. AGE: Santonian, on the basis of ammonite biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From lower part of formation.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Saul & Saul in 1952; reposited in the LACM
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: L.E. & R.B. Saul. REPOSITORY: UCLA (at the time).
Primary reference: L. R. Saul. 1989. California Late Cretaceous donaciform bivalves. The Veliger 32(2):188-208 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 207437: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 10.01.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Notodonax (Aliodonax) hsui Saul 1989 clam | |
Meekia (Meekia) mygale n. sp.2
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Califadesma elafium Saul 1989 clam | |
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