Also known as 31-53-1F
Where: Stanislaus County, California (37.3° N, 121.3° W: paleocoordinates 42.2° N, 87.5° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Adobe Flat Shale Member (Panoche Formation), Late/Upper Cretaceous (100.5 - 66.0 Ma)
• Probably Late Cretaceous
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by M. Maddock in 1952; reposited in the UCMP
Collection methods: surface (float)
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 185420: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 22.04.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell | |
Bivalvia | |
Yaadia sp. Crickmay 1930 clam | |
Calva sp. Popenoe 1937 venus clam |