USGS Mesozoic loc. 29492, small tributary of Heifer Camp Creek (Jurassic of the United States)

Where: Glenn County, California (39.8° N, 122.5° W: paleocoordinates 35.8° N, 69.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Buchia piochii zone, Tithonian (152.1 - 145.0 Ma)

• About 5,000 ft below top of Buchia piochii zone.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

• ENVIRONMENT: Not stated in text.

Size class: macrofossils

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

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

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 224787: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 06.04.2022

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Buchiidae
Buchia elderensis
Buchia elderensis Anderson 1945 scallop