Locality 15, east-southeast of Pigeon Point: Campanian, California
collected by R. Crandall
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Parallelodontidae
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? Indogrammatodon sp.
Cox 1937
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| spelled with current rank as Grammatodon (Indogrammatodon) | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Tellina sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Calva bowersiana
(Cooper 1894)
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| recombined as Calva (Egelicalva) bowersiana | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Hiatellida
- Hiatellidae
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? Panopea sp.
(Menard 1807)
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Bivalvia
- Trigoniida
- Megatrigoniidae
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Pterotrigonia evansana
(Meek 1864)
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Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Acila (Truncacila) demessa
(Finlay 1927)
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella ? chicoensis
Gabb 1864
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | California | County: | San Mateo |
| Coordinates: | 37.2° North, 122.4° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 43.4° North, 91.3° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Campanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 7 |
| Key time interval: | Campanian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Pigeon Point |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified sandstone |
| Environment: | transition zone/lower shoreface |
| Geology comments: Presence of hummocky cross-stratification suggests offshore-transition/lower shoreface environment | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,mold/impression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collectors: | R. Crandall |
Metadata
| Database number: | 168012 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2015-04-11 22:41:41 | Last modified: | 2015-04-11 22:41:41 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2015-04-11 22:41:41 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 54863. | W. P. Elder and J. W. Miller. 1989. Checklist of Mesozoic macrofossil localities in the Santa Cruz Mountains and vicinity. United States Geological Survey Open-File Report 89-543:1-9 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |