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 D.F. Collins in 1949; 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 185450: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 23.04.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Polychaeta | |
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758 | |
Bivalvia | |
Amphidonte sp. Fischer von Waldheim 1829 oyster
Pycnodonte (Pycnodonte) sp. Fischer von Waldheim 1835 oyster | |
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Lyriochlamys aff. traskii Gabb 1864 scallop | |
? Indogrammatodon cf. vancouverensis Meek 1858 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
"Phasianella ? garzana" = Tylostoma garzana
"Phasianella ? garzana" = Tylostoma garzana Anderson 1958 snail | |
? Tibiaporrhais sp. Elder 1990 snail | |
Naticidae indet. Guilding 1834 moon snail | |
Cephalopoda | |
Ammonitida indet. Hyatt 1889 ammonite |