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Collection: UCMP B-764, Salado Creek Stanislaus County, California, USA
Age | 86.3 - 72.1 Ma (Late/Upper Cretaceous) |
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Interval | Santonian - Campanian |
Lat/Long | 37.379,-121.279 |
Co-ordinates derived from | estimated from map |
Location | UCMP B-764 |
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: 26; SE/SE 1/4. Boulder in conglomerate on hillside S of Salado Creek. |
Formation | Panoche |
Stratigraphic Scale | group of beds |
Lithology | conglomerate |
Environment | marine indet. |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Preservation | Age |
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Ostreidae family | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Ostreidae | low Mg calcite body | 86.3 - 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Cymbophora genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Mactridae : Cymbophora | aragonite body | 86.3 - 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Calva genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Veneridae : Calva | aragonite body | 86.3 - 72.1 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!