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
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
Cephalopoda | |
Thurmanniceras californicum Stanton 1895 ammonite
Kilianella crassiplicata Stanton 1895 ammonite | |
Lytoceras saturnale Anderson 1938 ammonite | |
Bivalvia | |
Buchia crassicollis Keyserling 1846 scallop |