Where: Stanislaus County, California (37.3° N, 121.3° W: paleocoordinates 40.6° N, 86.1° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Panoche Formation (Great Valley Group), Coniacian to Coniacian (89.8 - 83.6 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified conglomerate
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by J.A. Taff in 1934; 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 185441: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 23.04.2017, edited by Jonathan Marcot
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
"Volutoderma ? gabbi" = Volutoderma averillii
"Volutoderma ? gabbi" = Volutoderma averillii Gabb 1864 volute | |
| |
Gyrodes (Sohlella) cf. quercus Popenoe et al. 1987 moon snail
Natica cf. conradiana Gabb 1864 moon snail | |
Cylichna sp. Lovén 1846 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Pterotrigonia evansana Meek 1864 clam | |
Calva (Egelicalva) taffi Anderson 1958 venus clam | |
Cymbophora cf. gabbiana Anderson 1902 clam | |
Meekia (Meekia) cf. louella Saul and Popenoe 1962 clam | |
"Glycymeris (Glycymeris) veatchii" = Glycymerita veatchii
"Glycymeris (Glycymeris) veatchii" = Glycymerita veatchii Gabb 1864 clam | |
Phelopteria sp. Stephenson 1953 pearl oyster | |
Cephalopoda | |
"Didymoceras orestimbense n. sp." = Hyphantoceras oshimai1
| |
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell |