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Collection: UCMP B-766, south of Lotta Creek Stanislaus County, California, USA
Age | 93.9 - 89.8 Ma (Late/Upper Cretaceous) |
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Interval | Turonian |
Lat/Long | 37.387,-121.307 |
Co-ordinates derived from | estimated from map |
Location | UCMP B-766 |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Stanislaus County, California, USA |
Geographic Scale | outcrop |
Geographic Comments | Stanislaus County, Copper Mountain 1:24,000 quadrangle. Township: 6S, Range: 6E; Section: 27; SE/NW 1/4. Boulder in conglomerate S of Lotta Creek. |
Formation | Panoche |
Stratigraphic Scale | group of beds |
Lithology | conglomerate |
Environment | marine indet. |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Preservation | Age |
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Glycymeris genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Arcida : Glycymerididae : Glycymeris | aragonite body | 93.9 - 89.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Meekia (Meekia) radiata species | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Tancrediidae : Meekia : Meekia (Meekia) radiata | aragonite body | 93.9 - 89.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Calva (Egelicalva) subgenus | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Veneroidei : Veneridae : Calva : Calva (Egelicalva) | aragonite body | 93.9 - 89.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!