USGS M28665 (Jurassic of the United States)

Where: Orange County, California (33.8° N, 117.5° W: paleocoordinates 26.4° N, 57.9° W)

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When: Bedford Canyon Formation, Bajocian (170.3 - 168.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by John C. Holden; R. F. Yerkes, R. H. Campbell, C. H. Gray, Jr., and R. W. Imlay in unknown; April 27, 1962

Primary reference: R. W. Imlay. 1964. Middle and Upper Jurassic Fossils from Southern California. Journal of Paleontology 38(3):505-509 [S. Holland/P. Monarrez/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 200048: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 01.03.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Stephanoceratidae
 Ammonitida - Sonniniidae
Dorsetensia cf. liostraca Buckman 1892 ammonite
 Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae
? Holcophylloceras sp. Spath 1927 ammonite
Bivalvia
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Inoceramus cf. hamadae Hayami 1960 clam
 Ostreida - Posidoniidae
"Posidonia ornati" = Bositra buchi
"Posidonia ornati" = Bositra buchi Roemer 1836 oyster