Gravelly Flat (Cretaceous of the United States)

Where: Fresno County, California (36.2° N, 120.6° W: paleocoordinates 34.8° N, 69.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Gravelly Flat Formation (Great Valley Group), Early/Lower Cretaceous (145.0 - 100.5 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified shale

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: S. K. Kiel, K. A. C. Campbell, W. P. Elder and C. T. S. Little. 2008. Jurassic and Cretaceous Gastropods from Hydrocarbon Seeps in Forearc Basin and Accretionary Prism Settings, California. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 53(4):679-703 [M. Clapham/M. Manojlovic/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 151979: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Marko Manojlovic on 27.10.2013, edited by Jonathan Marcot

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Paskentanidae
Paskentana paskentaensis Stanton 1895 snail
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
"Modiola major" = Modiolus major
"Modiola major" = Modiolus major Gabb 1869 mussel
 Pectinida - Buchiidae
Buchia crassicollis Keyserling 1846 scallop
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Peregrinellidae