CAS loc. 29117, Los Baños Creek (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as CAS loc. 28310, LSJU loc. 3331, UCMP loc. A-6606

Where: Merced County, California (37.0° N, 120.9° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 49.6° N, 85.5° W (Wright 2013)

When: Moreno Formation (Great Valley Group), Early/Lower Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by L. I. Briggs in 1948 - 1949; reposited in the CAS, UCMP

Primary reference: F. M. Anderson. 1958. Upper Cretaceous of the Pacific Coast. Geological Society of America Memoir 71:1-378 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 215393: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 10.11.2020

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
"Glycymeris banosensis n. sp." = Glycymerita banosensis
"Glycymeris banosensis n. sp." = Glycymerita banosensis Anderson 1958 clam
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella mercedensis n. sp.
Crassatella mercedensis n. sp. Anderson 1958 clam
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Pachydiscidae
"? Anapachydiscus sp." = Menuites
"? Anapachydiscus sp." = Menuites Spath 1922 ammonite
from UCMP loc. A-6606