Where: San Luis Obispo County, California (35.7° N, 120.9° W: paleocoordinates 41.6° N, 97.0° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Asuncion Group, Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by D.L. Durham, R.J. McLaughlin; O. Addicot, K. Masuda, D.L. Durham, T.W. Dibblee in 1969; 1970; reposited in the USNM
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 185190: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 15.04.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Anchura baptos n. sp.
Anchura baptos n. sp. Elder and Saul 1996 snail |