USGS loc. M6010, Rice Valley (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as Fossil Rock; USGS loc. M6395, USGS loc. M6396, USGS loc. M6986

Where: Lake County, California (39.4° N, 122.9° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 42.1° N, 58.4° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Great Valley Group, Hauterivian (132.6 - 125.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified carbonate

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Kiel

Primary reference: S. K. Kiel, K. A. C. Campbell, W. P. Elder and C. T. S. Little. 2008. Jurassic and Cretaceous Gastropods from Hydrocarbon Seeps in Forearc Basin and Accretionary Prism Settings, California. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 53(4):679-703 [M. Clapham/M. Manojlovic/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 151967: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Marko Manojlovic on 27.10.2013, edited by Jonathan Marcot

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Paskentanidae
Paskentana paskentaensis Stanton 1895 snail
 Neomphalida - Neomphalidae
? Retiskenea tuberculata Campbell 2008 snail
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
"Modiola major" = Modiolus major
"Modiola major" = Modiolus major Gabb 1869 horsemussel
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Pecten complexicosta" = Lyriochlamys complexicostata
"Pecten complexicosta" = Lyriochlamys complexicostata Gabb 1869 scallop
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Peregrinellidae