Where: Glenn County, California (39.7° N, 122.5° W: paleocoordinates 36.8° N, 71.1° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Buchia uncitoides zone, Berriasian (145.0 - 139.8 Ma)
• About top of lower third of Buchia uncitoides zone.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by D. L. Jones and R. W. Imlay in 1965; 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 224840: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 06.04.2022
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Buchia uncitoides Pavlow 1907 scallop |