Where: Orange County, California (33.8° N, 117.7° W: paleocoordinates 39.5° N, 87.8° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Holz Member (Ladd Formation), Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)
• Ladd or Williams Formation; "probably Campanian" per Matsumoto 1960
•Late Campanian after Saul 1991
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by E. L. Packard; reposited in the UCMP
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
Primary reference: E. L. Packard. 1922. New species from the Cretaceous of the Santa Ana Mountains, California. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 13(10):413-462 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 207828: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 15.02.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Volutoderma magna n. sp.
Volutoderma magna n. sp. Packard 1922 volute | |
Bivalvia | |
Ostrea crescentica n. sp.
Ostrea crescentica n. sp. Packard 1922 oyster | |
Cephalopoda | |
Anapachydiscus californicus n. sp.
Anapachydiscus californicus n. sp. Yabe 1921 ammonite Type locality of Pachydiscus (Parapachydiscus) fascicostatum californica, raised to species level
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