Where: California (37.9° N, 121.8° W: paleocoordinates 41.0° N, 103.7° W)

When: Meganos Formation, Thanetian to Thanetian (59.2 - 47.8 Ma)

• Meganos Formation; "Meganos."

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by D. W Scharf and W. P. Popenoe in August, 1930; reposited in the LACM

Primary reference: R. L. Squires. 1997. Taxonomy and Distribution of the Buccinid Gastropod Brachysphingus from Uppermost Cretaceous and Lower Cenozoic Marine Strata of the Pacific Slope of North America. Journal of Paleontology 71(5):847-861 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 218469: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 23.02.2021

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