Where: Tehama County, California (39.8° N, 122.5° W: paleocoordinates 35.8° N, 69.5° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Buchia piochii zone, Tithonian (152.1 - 145.0 Ma)
• Tithonian. About 5,000 ft below top of Buchia piochii zone.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by D. L. Jones and E. H. Bailey in 1966; 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 224859: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 06.04.2022
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
? Phylloceras contrarium Imlay and Jones 1970 ammonite | |
Bivalvia | |
Buchia elderensis Anderson 1945 scallop |