CAS 61918 - Near Gualala (Cretaceous to of the United States)

Also known as S. G. Clark loc. 251

Where: Mendocino County, California (38.8° N, 123.5° W: paleocoordinates 27.5° N, 93.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Gualala Formation, Late/Upper Campanian to Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 66.0 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: L. T. Groves. 2004. New species of Late Cretaceous Cypraeidae (Gastropoda) from California and British Columbia and new records from the Pacific slope. The Nautilus 118(1):43-51 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 176398: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 10.02.2016

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
"Cypraea gualalaensis n. sp." = Bernaya (Protocypraea) gualalaensis
"Cypraea gualalaensis n. sp." = Bernaya (Protocypraea) gualalaensis Anderson 1958 cowry