USGS M8764, Sierra Azul: Middle Campanian, California
collected by W.P. Elder 1990

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea - Cidaroida
Cidaroida indet. (Claus 1880)
Crinoidea - Isocrinida - Isocrinidae
Isocrinus sp. von Meyer 1836
Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835
Gastropoda - Siphonariidae
? Anisomyon sp. Meek and Hayden 1860
Gastropoda - Patellogastropoda
Patellogastropoda indet. Lindberg 1986
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Biplica sp. Popenoe 1957
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
? Architectonica sp. Röding 1798
Gastropoda - Eucyclidae
? Calliomphalus sp. Cossmann 1888
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Cerithiidae indet. (Fleming 1822)
Gastropoda - Hipponicidae
Hipponix dichotomus (Gabb 1864)
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
? Aporrhaidae indet. Gray 1850
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Naticidae indet. Guilding 1834
Gastropoda - Capulidae
Lysis cf. intermedia (Cooper 1894)
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Baculitidae
Baculites sp. Lamarck 1799
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Crenellidae
aff. Musculus sp. Roding 1798
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Mytilus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mytilus cf. pauperculus Gabb 1864
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Barbatia sp. Gray 1842
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris (Glycymeris) cf. apletos (Dailey and Popenoe 1966)
Bivalvia - Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Inoceramidae indet. Giebel 1852
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Malleidae
Isognomon sp. Lightfoot 1786
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Amphidonte (Amphidonte) parasitica (Gabb 1864)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Spondylidae
? Spondylus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Camptonectes sp. Meek 1864
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Acesta sp. Adams and Adams 1858
Lima informal n. sp. A
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella sp. Lamarck 1799
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tancrediidae
Meekia (Mygallia) bella Saul and Popenoe 1962
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Cymbophora popenoei Saul 1974
Cymbophora triangulata (Waring 1917)
Demospongiae - Clavulina - Clionaidae
Entobia sp. Bronn 1838
Calcarea
Calcarea indet. Bowerbank 1864
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:California County:Santa Clara
Coordinates: 37.1° North, 121.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:43.4° North, 91.5° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Cretaceous Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Campanian 10 m.y. bin: Cretaceous 7
Key time interval: Middle Campanian
Age range of interval: 83.6 - 72.1 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Museum repositories:USGS
Collectors:W.P. Elder Collection dates:1990
Metadata
Also known as:90E-21
Database number:185368
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2017-04-19 23:17:54 Last modified:2017-04-19 23:17:54
Access level:the public Released:2017-04-19 23:17:54
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
62141. W. P. Elder and J. W. Miller. 1993. Map and checklists of Jurassic and Cretaceous macrofossil localities within the San Jose 1:100,000 Quadrangle, California, and discussion of paleontological results. United States Geological Survey Open-File Report 93-503:1-49 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]