Where: Glenn County, California (39.7° N, 122.5° W: paleocoordinates 35.7° N, 69.5° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Buchia aff. B. okensis zone, Tithonian (152.1 - 145.0 Ma)
• Tithonian. Within a few feet of top of Buchia piochii zone just below zone of B. aff. B. okensis.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by D. L. Jones in 1964; reposited in the USNM
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: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 224832: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 06.04.2022
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Buchia piochii Gabb 1864 scallop | |
Cephalopoda | |
? Phylloceras contrarium Imlay and Jones 1970 ammonite | |
Spiticeras (? Spiticeras) "n. sp. undet." Uhlig 1903 ammonite |