Locality #4 of Easton and Imlay (1955: p. 2339), Charlie Valley (Jurassic of the United States)

Where: San Luis Obispo County, California (35.1° N, 120.2° W: paleocoordinates 30.3° N, 65.4° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Franciscan Group, Tithonian (152.1 - 145.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified carbonate

• Franciscan carbonate boulder on a shale slope

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: W. H. Easton and R. W. Imlay. 1955. Upper Jurassic Fossil Localities in Franciscan and Knoxville Formations in Southern California. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin 39(11):2336-2340 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 228989: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 27.01.2023

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Buchiidae
"Aucella piochii" = Buchia piochii
"Aucella piochii" = Buchia piochii Gabb 1864 scallop