Where: Stanislaus County, California (37.2° N, 121.2° W: paleocoordinates 40.5° N, 86.0° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Panoche Formation (Great Valley Group), Coniacian to Coniacian (89.8 - 83.6 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the CAS
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 185736: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 10.05.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Glycymeris sp. Da Costa 1778 clam | |
Meekia (Meekia) louella Saul and Popenoe 1962 clam | |
Tellinidae indet. Blainville 1814 tellin clam | |
Calva (Microcalva) elderi Saul and Popenoe 1992 venus clam | |
Cymbophora sp. Gabb 1869 clam | |
Califadesma elaphium clam | |
Nuculana sp. Link 1807 pointed nut clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Biplica aff. isoplicata Popenoe 1957 snail | |
Naticidae indet. Guilding 1834 moon snail | |
Christitys delta Popenoe and Saul 1987 snail | |
? Cancellariidae indet. Gray 1853 snail |