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
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 indet. Busk 1852 | |
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell | |
Bivalvia | |
Corbula cf. torta clam | |
? Gastrochaena sp. Spengler 1783 clam | |
Cymbophora sp. Gabb 1869 clam | |
Meekia sp. Gabb 1864 clam | |
Pholadomya subelongata Meek 1857 clam | |
Pterotrigonia evansana Meek 1864 clam | |
Isognomon "n. sp." Lightfoot 1786 oyster | |
Anomia sp. Linnaeus 1758 jingle | |
Glycymeris (Glycymeris) anae Smith 1945 clam |