UCMP B-770, Adobe Creek (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as 31-72-1F

Where: Stanislaus County, California (37.4° N, 121.4° W: paleocoordinates 38.9° N, 84.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Adobe Flat Shale Member (Panoche Formation), Turonian (93.9 - 89.8 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by M. Maddock in 1952; reposited in the UCMP

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 185390: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 21.04.2017

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Naticidae indet. Guilding 1834 moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
"Glycymeris (Glycymeris) pacificus" = Glycymeris pacifica
"Glycymeris (Glycymeris) pacificus" = Glycymeris pacifica Anderson 1902 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia sp. Beyrich 1845 cockle
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
"Linearia sp." = Linearis
"Linearia sp." = Linearis Conrad 1860 tellin clam
 Cardiida - Mactridae
? Cymbophora sp. Gabb 1869 clam
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
Tenea ? inflata Gabb 1864 clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
? Corbulidae indet. Lamarck 1818 clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
? Lucinidae indet. Fleming 1828 clam