USGS Mesozoic loc. M4053, Heifer Camp Creek (Jurassic of the United States)

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
 Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae
? Phylloceras contrarium Imlay and Jones 1970 ammonite
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Buchiidae
Buchia elderensis Anderson 1945 scallop