UCLA 6517, Whitney Canyon: Maastrichtian, California
collected by F. Schilling 1959

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea - Cassiduloida - Cassidulidae
"Cassidulus" mercedensis Anderson 1958
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Septifer sp. Récluz 1848
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Exogyra sp. Say 1820
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya cf. diegoensis Anderson 1958
see common names

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
Stratigraphy comments: 280' above base.
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:LACM
Collectors:F. Schilling Collection dates:1959
Metadata
Database number:185628
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2017-05-03 23:06:57 Last modified:2021-10-13 09:50:41
Access level:the public Released:2017-05-03 23:06:57
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]