USGS 1001, One-half mile east of Henderson's house (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as USGS Mesozoic loc. 1095

Where: Tehama County, California (39.9° N, 122.6° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 39.1° N, 57.1° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Buchia pacifica zone, Paskenta Formation, Valanginian (137.1 - 132.6 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Paskenta Fm. AGE: Hauterivian, on the basis of macrofossil biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within formation.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments

• ENVIRONMENT: Not stated in text.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Not stated, but probably siliciclastic. LITHIFICATION: Lithified on the basis of figured specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Collected by Dillon & Storrs in 1893; reposited in the USNM

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTORS: Dillon and Storrs, 1893. REPOSITORY: USNM, Washington DC.

Primary reference: R. W. Imlay. 1960. Ammonites of Early Cretaceous age (Valanginian and Hauterivian) from the Pacific Coast states. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 334(F):1-228 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 83603: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 22.08.2008, edited by Jonathan Marcot

Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for ammonoidea. Other taxonomic groups may be present but are not listed. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with fairly modern nomenclature, and species-resolution identifications.
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Neocomitidae
Thurmanniceras californicum Stanton 1895 ammonite
Kilianella crassiplicata Stanton 1895 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Lytoceratidae
Lytoceras saturnale Anderson 1938 ammonite
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Buchiidae
Buchia crassicollis Keyserling 1846 scallop