Where: California (37.0° N, 120.1° W: paleocoordinates 37.2° N, 106.8° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Kreyenhagen Formation, Lutetian to Lutetian (47.8 - 38.0 Ma)

• AGE: modified to Lutetian-Bartonian and following EPICC stratigraphy revision [Hendy, 6/2020].

Environment/lithology: marine; shale

Size class: microfossils

Collection methods: Dr. C.C. Church supplied these samples from the Kreyenhagen shale of California.

Primary reference: J. W. Durham, A.N. Dusenbury, Jr, H.D. Hedberg, L. Kehrer, J.G. Marks, R.M. Stainforth, and B. Stone. 1949. The age of the Hannatoma mollusk fauna of South America; a symposium. Journal of Paleontology 23(2):145-160 [L. Ivany/C. Visaggi/C. Visaggi]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 42869: authorized by Linda Ivany, entered by Christy Visaggi on 06.08.2004

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