Also known as P 20-44, LACMIP loc. 26489
Where: Stanislaus County, California (37.3° N, 121.2° W: paleocoordinates 43.4° 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 sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by W.P. Popenoe in 1944; reposited in the LACM
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 185445: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 23.04.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
? Margarites sp. Gray 1847 snail | |
Polinices sp. Monfort 1810 moon snail | |
Cylichna sp. Lovén 1846 snail | |
Biplica sp. Popenoe 1957 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Corbulidae indet. Lamarck 1818 clam | |
Callistalox ? fragilis Gabb 1869 venus clam | |
Cymbophora sp. Gabb 1869 clam | |
Diplodonta sp. Bronn 1831 clam | |
Adelodonax altus Gabb 1864 clam | |
Meekia (Meekia) sella Gabb 1864 clam | |
Glycymeris sp. Da Costa 1778 clam | |
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Anomia sp. Linnaeus 1758 jingle | |
Pectinidae indet. Wilkes 1810 scallop
Lyriochlamys traskii Gabb 1864 scallop | |
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell |