Also known as LACMIP loc. 26501
Where: Stanislaus County, California (37.2° N, 121.1° W: paleocoordinates 43.3° N, 96.5° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Quinto Silt Member (Moreno Formation), Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)
• 550' above base of Quinto silt
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by F. Schilling in 1959; 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 185495: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 24.04.2017, edited by Jonathan Marcot
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
"Baculites columna" = Trachybaculites columna
"Baculites columna" = Trachybaculites columna Morton 1834 ammonite | |
"Hypophylloceras sp." = Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras)
"Hypophylloceras sp." = Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) Salfeld 1924 ammonite | |
Bivalvia | |
"Glycymeris (Glycymeris) cf. banosensis" = Glycymerita banosensis
"Glycymeris (Glycymeris) cf. banosensis" = Glycymerita banosensis Anderson 1958 clam | |
Loxo quintense n. sp. Saul 1993 venus clam
? Cyprimeria sp. Conrad 1864 venus clam
Calva (Calva) varians Gabb 1864 venus clam | |
? Cymbophora sp. Gabb 1869 clam | |
? Etea sp. Conrad 1873 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Biplica miniplicata Popenoe 1957 snail |