USGS Mesozoic loc. 666 (Jurassic of the United States)

Where: Tehama County, California (40.0° N, 122.6° W: paleocoordinates 36.0° N, 69.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Buchia piochii zone, Paskenta Group, Tithonian (152.1 - 145.0 Ma)

• Tithonian. Probably from 6,000-7,000 ft below top of Buchia piochii zone.

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by J. S. Diller in 1889; reposited in the USGS

Primary reference: D. L. Jones, E. H. Bailey, and R. W. Imlay. 1969. Structural and stratigraphic significance of the Buchia zones in the Colyear Springs-Paskenta Area, California. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper (647-A)A1-A24 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 216134: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 07.12.2020

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Neocomitidae
Kossmatia dilleri Stanton 1895 ammonite
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Buchiidae
Buchia elderensis Anderson 1945 scallop