UCMP B-777, Mikes Peak (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as 31-53-1F

Where: Stanislaus County, California (37.3° N, 121.3° W: paleocoordinates 42.2° N, 87.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Adobe Flat Shale Member (Panoche Formation), Late/Upper Cretaceous (100.5 - 66.0 Ma)

• Probably Late Cretaceous

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

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

Collection methods: surface (float)

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 185420: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 22.04.2017

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Calva sp. Popenoe 1937 venus clam
 Trigoniida - Steinmanellidae
Yaadia sp. Crickmay 1930 clam