USGS Mesozoic loc. 1003, One mile northwest of Cooper's Ranchhouse (Jurassic of the United States)

Also known as USGS Mesozoic loc. 1084

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

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• Tithonian. Probably 2,000-3,000 feet below the top of the Buchia piochii zone

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by James Storrs and T. W. Stanton in 1893; reposited in the USNM

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: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 220374: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 24.05.2021

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
"fragments of pelecypods"
 Pectinida - Buchiidae
Buchia piochii Gabb 1864 scallop
Cephalopoda
 Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae
Phylloceras knoxvillense n. sp. Stanton 1895 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Neocomitidae
"Parodontoceras storrsi n. sp." = Substeueroceras storrsi
"Parodontoceras storrsi n. sp." = Substeueroceras storrsi Stanton 1895 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Himalayitidae