Los Gatos Creek [Moreno Fm]: Maastrichtian, California
collected by Church
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Scaphopoda
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Dentalium (Entalis) whiteavesi
Anderson and Hanna 1935
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Parallelodontidae
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Parallelodon sp.
Meek and Worthen 1866
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Bivalvia
- Myalinida
- Inoceramidae
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Inoceramus sp.
Sowerby 1814
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Cephalopoda
- Nautilida
- Nautilidae
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"Nautilus" sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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= Nautilidae indet.
de Blainville 1825
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Clapham 2015 | ||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Nostoceratidae
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Nostoceras sp.
Hyatt 1894
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Exiteloceras aff. vancouverense
(Gabb 1864)
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| recombined as Didymoceras vancouverensis | |||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Baculitidae
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Baculites lomaensis
Anderson 1958
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Baculites aff. anceps
Lamarck 1822
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Baculites occidentalis
Meek 1861
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Tetragonitidae
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Lytoceras (Gaudryceras) coalingense
Anderson 1958
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| synonym of Gaudryceras kayei | |||||||
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Lytoceras (Gaudryceras) birkhauseri
Anderson 1958
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| synonym of Gaudryceras kayei | |||||||
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Lytoceras (Gaudryceras) epigonum
Kossmat 1895
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| recombined as Epigoniceras epigonum | |||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Pachydiscidae
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Parapachydiscus coalingensis
Anderson 1958
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| synonym of Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) egertoni | |||||||
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Parapachydiscus catarinae
Anderson and Hanna 1935
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| recombined as Neodesmoceras catarinae | |||||||
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Parapachydiscus aff. peninsularis
Anderson and Hanna 1935
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| recombined as Anapachydiscus peninsularis | |||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Desmoceratidae
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Hauericeras aff. gardeni
(Baily 1855)
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| recombined as Hauericeras (Gardeniceras) gardeni | |||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella aff. peninsularis
Anderson and Hanna 1935
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Perissityidae
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Cophocara stantoni
Stewart 1927
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| recombined as Perissitys stantoni | |||||||
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Gastropoda
- Aporrhaidae
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Tessarolax aff. distorta
Gabb 1864
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| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | California | County: | Fresno |
| Coordinates: | 36.2° North, 120.1° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 42.2° North, 95.6° 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 | Ammonoid zone: | Neodesmoceras catarinae |
| Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Great Valley | Formation: | Moreno | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From the Moreno Fm of the Asuncion Gp, for which lithostratigraphic relations are unknown. AGE: Maastrichtian, on the basis of ammonoid biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From higher beds within the group, which overlies carbonaceous shales. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified sandstone |
| Secondary lithology: | lithified sandy "shale" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: LITHOLOGY: Bedded sandstones and sandy shale. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of figured specimens. | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
| Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Siliciclastic marine setting. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,cast,mold/impression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection,survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Collectors: | Church |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Church, Hanna, and Anderson. REPOSITORY: Not stated in text. | |
| Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for macrofossils. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, but with somewhat antiquated nomenclature. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 83774 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy, M. Clapham | Enterer: | A. Hendy, M. Clapham |
| Modifier: | P. Wagner | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-08-31 22:56:33 | Last modified: | 2024-03-11 19:37:14 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-08-31 22:56:33 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |