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 195 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 185508: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 25.04.2017, edited by Jonathan Marcot
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Callistalox cf. fragilis Gabb 1869 venus clam | |
Crassatella cf. mercedensis Anderson 1958 clam | |
Septifer sp., Xenomytilus fons n. gen. n. sp.
Septifer sp. Récluz 1848 mussel
Xenomytilus fons n. gen. n. sp. Squires and Saul 2006 mussel | |
Lima sp. Bruguière 1797 file clam | |
Anomia sp. Linnaeus 1758 jingle | |
Exogyra sp. Say 1820 oyster | |
"Idonearca "n. sp. A"" = Cucullaea (Idonearca)
"Idonearca "n. sp. A"" = Cucullaea (Idonearca) Conrad 1862 clam |