UCLA loc. 6501, Oat Gulch (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as LACMIP loc. 26501

Where: Stanislaus County, California (37.2° N, 121.1° W: paleocoordinates 43.3° N, 96.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Quinto Silt Member (Moreno Formation), Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

• 550' above base of Quinto silt

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by F. Schilling in 1959; 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 185495: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 24.04.2017, edited by Jonathan Marcot

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae
"Hypophylloceras sp." = Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras)
"Hypophylloceras sp." = Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) Salfeld 1924 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Baculitidae
"Baculites columna" = Trachybaculites columna
"Baculites columna" = Trachybaculites columna Morton 1834 ammonite
Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Biplica miniplicata Popenoe 1957 snail
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
"Glycymeris (Glycymeris) cf. banosensis" = Glycymerita banosensis
"Glycymeris (Glycymeris) cf. banosensis" = Glycymerita banosensis Anderson 1958 clam
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
? Etea sp. Conrad 1873 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Loxo quintense n. sp. Saul 1993 venus clam
? Cyprimeria sp. Conrad 1864 venus clam
Calva (Calva) varians Gabb 1864 venus clam
 Cardiida - Mactridae
? Cymbophora sp. Gabb 1869 clam