USGS Mesozoic loc. M2281, southeast of Hensley Springs (Cretaceous of the United States)

Where: Tehama County, California (40.1° N, 122.7° W: paleocoordinates 38.2° N, 71.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Buchia keyserlingi zone, Valanginian (139.8 - 132.9 Ma)

• Buchia pacifica zone.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; gray, green sandstone

• From 425 ft of greenish-gray sandstone.

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by D. L. Jones in 1964; 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 224819: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 06.04.2022

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Buchiidae
Buchia keyserlingi
Buchia keyserlingi Lahusen 1888 scallop