USGS loc. 1225, Buck Hill near Cache Creek (Jurassic of the United States)

Also known as Buck Island (?)

Where: Lake County, California (38.9° N, 122.4° W: paleocoordinates 35.0° N, 69.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

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

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by T. W. Stanton in 1894; reposited in the USNM

Primary reference: R. W. Imlay. 1959. Succession and speciation of the pelecypod Aucella. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 314-G:155-169 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 224882: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 08.04.2022

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Buchiidae
Buchia piochii Gabb 1864 scallop