Where: Stanislaus County, California (37.2° N, 121.1° W: paleocoordinates 43.4° N, 96.5° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Moreno Formation (Great Valley Group), Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Elftman; 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 185467: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 23.04.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell | |
Gastropoda | |
Turritella chaneyi n. sp.
Turritella chaneyi n. sp. Merriam 1941 turret shell | |
Bivalvia | |
Adelodonax ? altus Gabb 1864 clam | |
Meekia (Meekia) sella Gabb 1864 clam | |
? Cymbophora sp. Gabb 1869 clam | |
Pholadomya sp. Sowerby 1823 clam | |
"Glycymeris (Glycymeris) aff. veatchii" = Glycymerita veatchii
"Glycymeris (Glycymeris) aff. veatchii" = Glycymerita veatchii Gabb 1864 clam | |
? Lima sp. Bruguière 1797 file clam | |
Anomia "n. sp. A" Linnaeus 1758 jingle | |
? Lyriochlamys sp. Sobetski 1977 scallop | |
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster |