LACMIP loc. 10659, between Garzas Creek and Whitney Canyon (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as CIT loc. 1584

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: Garzas Member (Moreno Formation), Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

• Type Garzas 205 ft above base

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by W.P. Popenoe in 1941; 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 185507: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 25.04.2017, edited by Jonathan Marcot

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella chaneyi Merriam 1941 turret shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae
Bulbificopsis garza Squires and Saul 2003 fig shell
? Priscoficus sp. Conrad 1866 fig shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Polinices sp. Monfort 1810 moon snail
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
"Idonearca "n. sp. B"" = Cucullaea (Idonearca)
"Idonearca "n. sp. B"" = Cucullaea (Idonearca) Conrad 1862 clam
 Lucinida - Mactromyidae
Clisocolus dubius Gabb 1864 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Callistalox fragilis Gabb 1869 venus clam
 Cardiida - Mactridae
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardiidae indet. Lamarck 1809 cockle
Bryozoa
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Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831