USGS Mesozoic loc. 29485, south fork of Cottonwood Creek (Cretaceous of the United States)

Where: Tehama County, California (40.1° N, 122.7° W: paleocoordinates 38.2° N, 71.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Valanginian (139.8 - 132.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by D. L. Jones and R. W. Imlay in 1966; reposited in the USNM

Primary reference: D. L. Jones, E. H. Bailey, and R. W. Imlay. 1969. Structural and stratigraphic significance of the Buchia zones in the Colyear Springs-Paskenta Area, California. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper (647-A)A1-A24 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 84888: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 17.11.2008, edited by Jonathan Marcot

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Olcostephanidae
Olcostephanus cf. atherstoni Sharpe 1856 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Neocomitidae
Neocomites cf. neocomiensis d'Orbigny 1841 ammonite