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: Moreno Formation (Great Valley Group), Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the CAS
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 185622: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 03.05.2017, edited by Jonathan Marcot
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea | |
Cassidulus mercedensis n. sp.
Cassidulus mercedensis n. sp. Anderson 1958 sea urchin | |
Gastropoda | |
Turritella chaneyi Merriam 1941 turret shell | |
Naticidae indet. Guilding 1834 moon snail | |
? Anchura sp. Conrad 1860 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Heteroconchia indet. Gray 1854 clam | |
Calva (Calva) varians Gabb 1864 venus clam | |
Cymbophora aff. ashburnerii Gabb 1864 clam | |
Meekia (Meekia) sella Gabb 1864 clam | |
Protocardia sp. Beyrich 1845 cockle | |
? Mytilus sp. Linnaeus 1758 mussel
Septifer sp. Récluz 1848 mussel | |
Inoceramidae indet. Giebel 1852 clam | |
Anomia "n. sp. A" Linnaeus 1758 jingle | |
cf. Aguileria sp. White 1887 oyster | |
Ostreidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 oyster | |
Pycnodonte (Pycnodonte) sp. Fischer von Waldheim 1835 oyster
Exogyra sp. Say 1820 oyster | |
"Glycymeris (Glycymeris) aff. veatchii" = Glycymerita veatchii
"Glycymeris (Glycymeris) aff. veatchii" = Glycymerita veatchii Gabb 1864 clam |