CAS 29106, Garzas Creek: Maastrichtian, California
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Echinoidea
- Cassiduloida
- Cassidulidae
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Cassidulus mercedensis n. sp.
Anderson 1958
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Anderson 1958 | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella chaneyi
Merriam 1941
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Naticidae indet.
Guilding 1834
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Gastropoda
- Aporrhaidae
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? Anchura sp.
Conrad 1860
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Bivalvia
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Heteroconchia indet.
(Gray 1854)
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Calva (Calva) varians
(Gabb 1864)
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Cymbophora aff. ashburnerii
(Gabb 1864)
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tancrediidae
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Meekia (Meekia) sella
(Gabb 1864)
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Protocardia sp.
(Beyrich 1845)
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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? Mytilus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Septifer sp.
Récluz 1848
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Bivalvia
- Myalinida
- Inoceramidae
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Inoceramidae indet.
Giebel 1852
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Anomia informal n. sp. A
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Bakevelliidae
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cf. Aguileria sp.
White 1887
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostreidae indet.
Rafinesque 1815
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Pycnodonte (Pycnodonte) sp.
Fischer von Waldheim 1835
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Exogyra sp.
Say 1820
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Glycymeris (Glycymeris) aff. veatchii
(Gabb 1864)
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| recombined as Glycymerita veatchii | |||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | California | County: | Stanislaus |
| Coordinates: | 37.2° North, 121.1° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 43.3° North, 96.5° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
| Key time interval: | Maastrichtian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Great Valley | Formation: | Moreno |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified sandstone |
| 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: | CAS |
Metadata
| Database number: | 185622 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham, J. Marcot | Enterer: | M. Clapham, J. Marcot |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2017-05-03 22:23:32 | Last modified: | 2021-10-13 10:05:01 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2017-05-03 22:23:32 |
| 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] |
Secondary references:
| 11610 | F. M. Anderson. 1958. Upper Cretaceous of the Pacific Coast. Geological Society of America Memoir 71:1-378 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/M. Clapham] |