CIT loc. 1545, Laguna Seca Creek (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as LACMIP loc. 8147

Where: Merced County, California (36.9° N, 120.8° W: paleocoordinates 43.0° N, 96.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Tierra Loma Shale Member (Moreno Formation), Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

• Moreno Formation, Tierra Loma Shale Member. Age: Late early to early late Maastrichtian.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; gypsiferous, gray shale

• "dark-colored, bituminous and highly gypsiferous shales"

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Bradford Adams in unknown; reposited in the LACM

Primary reference: W. P. Elder and L. R. Saul. 1996. Taxonomy and biostratigraphy of Coniacian through Maastrichtian Anchura (Gastropoda; Aporrhaiidae) of the North American Pacific slope. Journal of Paleontology 70(3):381-399 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 185191: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 15.04.2017, edited by Jonathan Marcot

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Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
 Seguenzioidea - Eucyclidae
Cidarina beta n. sp.2, Cidarina cretacea n. sp.2
Cidarina beta n. sp.2 Squires and Saul 2003 snail
Cidarina cretacea n. sp.2 Squires and Saul 2003 snail
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Mataxa arida n. sp.2
Mataxa arida n. sp.2 Squires and Saul 2003 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Tessarolax teleos1, ? Anchura sp.
Tessarolax teleos1 Saul and Squires 2015 snail
? Anchura sp. Conrad 1860 snail
1Saul and Squires 2015; 2Squires and Saul 2003