UCMP B-771, Lotta Creek (Jurassic to of the United States)

Also known as 31-49-1F

Where: Stanislaus County, California (37.4° N, 121.3° W: paleocoordinates 32.9° N, 66.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Hawk Shale Formation, Oxfordian to Oxfordian (163.5 - 132.9 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, concretionary shale

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 185399: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 21.04.2017

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Buchiidae
Buchia sp. Rouillier 1845 scallop