Also known as LACMIP loc. 26342
Where: Merced County, California (37.0° N, 120.9° W: paleocoordinates 42.9° N, 96.8° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Quinto B Member (Panoche Formation), Early/Lower Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)
• upper Panoche Formation
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: W. P. Popenoe, L. R. Saul, and T. Susuki. 1987. Gyrodiform gastropods from the Pacific coast Cretaceous and Paleocene. Journal of Paleontology 61(1):70-100 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 177888: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 11.04.2016, edited by Jonathan Marcot
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Opis (Hesperopis) triangulata Cooper 1894 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Gyrodes (Sohlella) expansus Gabb 1864 moon snail |