CAS 33574, Austrian Gulch (Cretaceous of the United States)

Where: Santa Clara County, California (37.1° N, 121.9° W: paleocoordinates 33.7° N, 68.7° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Valanginian (140.2 - 136.4 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the CAS

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 185367: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 19.04.2017

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Neocomitidae
Kilianella ? crassiplicata Stanton 1895 ammonite
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Buchiidae
Buchia pacifica Jeletsky 1965 scallop