Also known as 89-E-43; UCLA loc. 4348; LACMIP loc. 24348; USGS loc. M8745
Where: San Mateo County, California (37.2° N, 122.4° W: paleocoordinates 43.5° N, 92.1° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Pigeon Point Formation, Middle Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Pigeon Point Fm. Lithostratigraphy not discussed here, but can be found in Elder and Saul (1993) and Squires and Saul (2003). AGE: Middle Campanian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within Pigeon Point Fm.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by W.P. Elder in 1989; reposited in the UNSM
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: W. P. Elder (1989). REPOSITORY: USGS or USNM.
Primary reference: W. P. Elder and J. W. Miller. 1989. Checklist of Mesozoic macrofossil localities in the Santa Cruz Mountains and vicinity. United States Geological Survey Open-File Report 89-543:1-9 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 69314: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 24.02.2007, edited by Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Crustacea | |
Crustacea indet. BrĂ¼nnich 1772 | |
Cephalopoda | |
Baculites rex Anderson 1958 ammonite | |
Gastropoda | |
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Bivalvia | |
Isognomon "n. sp." Lightfoot 1786 oyster | |
Glycymeris (Glycymeris) anae, Glycymeris (Glycymerita) apletos1, "Glycymeris (Glycymeris) cf. banosensis" = Glycymerita banosensis
Glycymeris (Glycymeris) anae Smith 1945 clam
"Glycymeris (Glycymeris) cf. banosensis" = Glycymerita banosensis Anderson 1958 clam | |
Modiolus sp. Lamarck 1801 mussel
Mytilus sp. Linnaeus 1758 mussel | |
? Gastrochaena sp. Spengler 1783 clam | |
"Calva bowersiana" = Calva (Egelicalva) bowersiana
"Calva bowersiana" = Calva (Egelicalva) bowersiana Cooper 1894 venus clam | |
Cymbophora popenoei Saul 1974 clam
Cymbophora triangulata Waring 1917 clam | |
Meekia (Mygallia) bella Saul and Popenoe 1962 clam | |
? Crassatella sp. Lamarck 1799 clam | |
Pterotrigonia evansana Meek 1864 clam | |
"Nuculana (? Jupiteria) sp." = Jupiteria
"Nuculana (? Jupiteria) sp." = Jupiteria Bellardi 1875 pointed nut clam |