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: 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 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 185625: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 03.05.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Calva (Calva) varians Gabb 1864 venus clam | |
Tellinidae indet. Blainville 1814 tellin clam | |
"Glycymeris (Glycymeris) aff. veatchii" = Glycymerita veatchii
"Glycymeris (Glycymeris) aff. veatchii" = Glycymerita veatchii Gabb 1864 clam | |
Septifer sp. Récluz 1848 mussel
Mytilus sp. Linnaeus 1758 mussel | |
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
Polinices sp. Monfort 1810 moon snail | |
Turritella chaneyi Merriam 1941 turret shell |