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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
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"Lima erringtoni n. sp." = Buchia erringtoni
"Lima erringtoni n. sp." = Buchia erringtoni Gabb 1864 scallop | |
Pholadomya orbiculata n. sp.
Pholadomya orbiculata n. sp. Gabb 1864 clam | |
Cephalopoda | |
Belemnites pacificus n. sp.
Belemnites pacificus n. sp. Gabb 1864 belemnite |