Mariposa Estate, Bear Valley (Jurassic of the United States)

Where: Mariposa County, California (37.6° N, 120.1° W: paleocoordinates 32.5° N, 66.5° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Mariposa Formation, Late/Upper Jurassic (161.5 - 145.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Miss Errington; reposited in the ANSP

Primary reference: W. M. Gabb. 1864. Notes on some fossils front the gold bearing slates of Mariposa, with description of some new species. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, First Series 3:172-173 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 209788: authorized by K. Christopher Beard, entered by K. Christopher Beard on 15.05.2020, edited by Jonathan Marcot

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Protobranchia -
Nuculanida indet. Carter et al. 2000 clam
"Nucula or Leda"
 Pectinida -
Pectinoidea indet. Rafinesque 1815 scallop
"Pecten"
 Pectinida - Buchiidae
"Lima erringtoni n. sp." = Buchia erringtoni
"Lima erringtoni n. sp." = Buchia erringtoni Gabb 1864 scallop
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya orbiculata n. sp. Gabb 1864 clam
Cephalopoda
 Belemnitida - Belemnitidae
Belemnites pacificus n. sp. Gabb 1864 belemnite