Also known as 91E-1
Where: Santa Clara County, California (37.2° N, 121.8° W: paleocoordinates 32.6° N, 66.5° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Tithonian (152.1 - 145.0 Ma)
• Middle-Late Tithonian
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by W.P. Elder in 1991; reposited in the USGS
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 185366: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 19.04.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
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Sedentaria | |
? Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835 | |
Bryozoa | |
? Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831 | |
Bivalvia | |
Parvamussium sp. Sacco 1897 mud scallop | |
Buchia cf. elderensis Anderson 1945 scallop
Buchia ? piochii Gabb 1864 scallop | |
Nuculana sp. Link 1807 pointed nut clam | |
Cephalopoda | |
Ammonitida indet. Hyatt 1889 ammonite | |
Cylindroteuthis sp. belemnite | |
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
Scaphopoda | |
Scaphopoda indet. Bronn 1862 tusk shell |