Where: Stanislaus County, California (37.5° N, 121.2° W: paleocoordinates 43.6° N, 96.6° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Moreno Formation (Great Valley Group), Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments
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 185395: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 21.04.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
? Pachydiscidae indet. Spath 1922 ammonite | |
Bivalvia | |
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam |