USGS M8801, Silver Creek Valley (Jurassic to of the United States)

Also known as 92CB 3421

Where: Santa Clara County, California (37.3° N, 121.8° W: paleocoordinates 33.3° N, 67.7° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Tithonian to Tithonian (152.1 - 132.9 Ma)

• Tithonian and Valanginian (mixed)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by E. Brabb in 1992; reposited in the USGS

Primary reference: W. P. Elder and J. W. Miller. 1993. Map and checklists of Jurassic and Cretaceous macrofossil localities within the San Jose 1:100,000 Quadrangle, California, and discussion of paleontological results. United States Geological Survey Open-File Report 93-503:1-49 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 185363: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 19.04.2017

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Buchiidae
Buchia elderensis Anderson 1945 scallop
Buchia pacifica Jeletsky 1965 scallop
Buchia piochii Gabb 1864 scallop