UCMP A-3054, Oat Gulch: Maastrichtian, California
collected by A. Bennison 1937

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris sp. Da Costa 1778
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella cf. chaneyi Merriam 1941
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Naticidae indet. Guilding 1834
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
Aporrhaidae indet. Gray 1850
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:California County:Stanislaus
Coordinates: 37.2° North, 121.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:43.4° North, 96.5° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Maastrichtian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 8
Key time interval:Maastrichtian
Age range of interval:72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Great Valley Formation:Moreno
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified sandstone
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Museum repositories:UCMP
Collectors:A. Bennison Collection dates:1937
Metadata
Database number:176935
Authorizer:P. Wagner, M. Clapham Enterer:P. Wagner, M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2016-03-08 14:21:52 Last modified:2021-10-13 10:00:02
Access level:the public Released:2016-03-08 14:21:52
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
62141. 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]