USGS Mesozoic loc. 2423 (Jurassic of the United States)

Also known as Mount Jura

Where: California (40.1° N, 120.8° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 31.2° N, 45.6° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Mormon Formation, Bajocian (170.9 - 168.2 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Collected by J.S. Diller and A. Hyatt in 1891?; reposited in the USGS

Primary reference: T. P. Poulton. 1979. Jurassic Trigoniid Bivalves from Canada and Western United States of America. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 282 [G. Stanley/H. Shepherd/H. Shepherd]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 139298: authorized by George Stanley, entered by Hannah Shepherd on 10.02.2013

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Trigoniida - Myophorelloidae
 Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Trigonia aff. hemisphaerica Lycett 1877 clam
Hypotype USGS 103485