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Collection: CAS 29599, Garzas Creek Stanislaus County, California, USA
Age | 100.5 - 66 Ma (Late/Upper Cretaceous) |
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Interval | Late Cretaceous |
Lat/Long | 37.216,-121.196 |
Co-ordinates derived from | based on nearby landmark |
Location | CAS 29599 |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Stanislaus County, California, USA |
Geographic Scale | outcrop |
Geographic Comments | Stanislaus County, Crevison Peak 1:24,000 quadrangle. Township: 8S, Range: 7E; Section: 27; NW/NW 1/4. Calcareous concretions in sandy shale on Garzas Creek. |
Formation | Panoche |
Stratigraphic Scale | group of beds |
Lithology | "shale" |
Minor Lithology | sandy |
Environment | marine indet. |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Preservation | Age |
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Inoceramidae family | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myalinida : Inoceramidae | low Mg calcite body | 100.5 - 66 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!