USGS Mesozoic M8597, Bolsa Point (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as 89-E-40 float

Where: San Mateo County, California (37.2° N, 122.4° W: paleocoordinates 43.5° N, 92.1° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Pigeon Point Formation, Middle Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; lithified sandstone

• Presence of hummocky cross-stratification suggests offshore-transition/lower shoreface environment

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by W.P. Elder in 1989; reposited in the USNM

Primary reference: W. P. Elder and J. W. Miller. 1989. Checklist of Mesozoic macrofossil localities in the Santa Cruz Mountains and vicinity. United States Geological Survey Open-File Report 89-543:1-9 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 168009: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 11.04.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Stenolaemata
 Cyclostomata -
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell
Bivalvia
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
 Cardiida - Gastrochaenidae
? Gastrochaena sp. Spengler 1783 clam
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Cymbophora sp. Gabb 1869 clam
 Cardiida - Tancrediidae
Meekia sp. Gabb 1864 clam
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya subelongata Meek 1857 clam
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
 Trigoniida - Megatrigonioidae
Pterotrigonia evansana Meek 1864 clam
 Ostreida - Malleidae
Isognomon "n. sp." Lightfoot 1786 oyster
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia sp. Linnaeus 1758 jingle
 Arcida - Glycymerididae