Where: Marin County, California (37.8° N, 122.6° W: paleocoordinates 37.0° N, 72.6° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Aptian to Aptian (125.0 - 109.0 Ma)
• Assemblage MH-6: Its range is herein considered to be Hauterivian(?) to Albian(?) although correlation with DSDP material (Schaaf,1981) suggests a more restricted late Barremian or Aptian range from the Crolanium pythia zone. Aptian to Early Albian in Kohnen & Murchey, 1995.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: basinal (siliceous); lithified chert
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the USGS
Primary reference: B. Murchey. 1984. Biostratigraphy and lithostratigraphy of chert in the Franciscan complex, Marin Headlands, California. Franciscan Geology of Northern California Field Trip Guidebook 43, Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, Pacific Section 51-70 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 185359: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 19.04.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Protozoa | |
Holocryptocanium cf. barbui Dumitrica 1970 radiolarian | |
Zifondium sp. Pessagno 1977 radiolarian |