LSJU 1800, Berryessa Creek (Jurassic to of the United States)

Where: Santa Clara County, California (37.4° N, 121.8° W: paleocoordinates 33.4° N, 67.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Tithonian to Tithonian (152.1 - 132.9 Ma)

• Tithonian and ?Valanginian (mixed?)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the UCMP

Primary reference: W. P. Elder and J. W. Miller. 1993. Map and checklists of Jurassic and Cretaceous macrofossil localities within the San Jose 1:100,000 Quadrangle, California, and discussion of paleontological results. United States Geological Survey Open-File Report 93-503:1-49 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 185362: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 19.04.2017

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Mytilidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 mussel
 Pectinida - Buchiidae
Buchia terebratuloides Lahusen 1888 scallop
Buchia piochii Gabb 1864 scallop
Buchia ? pacifica Jeletsky 1965 scallop
Cephalopoda
 Belemnoidea -
Belemnitida indet. Zittel 1895 belemnite
 Ammonitida - Neocomitidae
"Berriasellidae indet." = Berriasellinae
"Berriasellidae indet." = Berriasellinae Spath 1922 ammonite