Also known as LACMIP 26356
Where: Stanislaus County, California (37.3° N, 121.2° W: paleocoordinates 43.4° N, 96.5° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Moreno Formation (Great Valley Group), Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)
• Middle? Maastrichtian
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by R.B. Stewart in 1944; reposited in the LACM
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 185456: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 23.04.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Polinices sp. Monfort 1810 moon snail | |
Pyropsis sp. Conrad 1860 snail | |
Bulbificopsis garza Squires and Saul 2003 fig shell | |
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell | |
Bivalvia | |
Adelodonax altus Gabb 1864 clam | |
Meekia (Meekia) sella Gabb 1864 clam | |
"Glycymeris (Glycymeris) aff. veatchii" = Glycymerita veatchii
"Glycymeris (Glycymeris) aff. veatchii" = Glycymerita veatchii Gabb 1864 clam | |
"Idonearca "n. sp. A"" = Cucullaea (Idonearca)
"Idonearca "n. sp. A"" = Cucullaea (Idonearca) Conrad 1862 clam | |
Septifer sp. Récluz 1848 mussel |