Where: San Diego County, California (33.1° N, 117.3° W: paleocoordinates 38.9° N, 89.0° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Point Loma Formation, Late/Upper Campanian to Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 66.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by L.R. Saul, A.R. Loeblich, J. Loch in 1984; reposited in the LACM
Primary reference: W. P. Elder and L. R. Saul. 1996. Taxonomy and biostratigraphy of Coniacian through Maastrichtian Anchura (Gastropoda; Aporrhaiidae) of the North American Pacific slope. Journal of Paleontology 70(3):381-399 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 185186: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 15.04.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Anchura gibbera Webster 1983 snail |