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Collection: Panoche-Tumey Hills (CIT Loc. 336) Fresno County, California, USA
| Age | 70.6 - 66 Ma (Late/Upper Cretaceous) |
|---|---|
| Interval | Late Maastrichtian |
| Lat/Long | 36.5865,-120.692 |
| Co-ordinates derived from | based on nearby landmark |
| Location | Panoche-Tumey Hills |
| Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Fresno County, California, USA |
| Geographic Scale | small collection |
| Geographic Comments | CIT locality 3361, in the Panoche-Tumey Hills |
| Formation | Moreno |
| Member | Marca |
| Stratigraphic Scale | bed |
| Straigraphic Comments | There is uncertainty on the boundary between the Moreno and Panoche Formations in the area. Stock (1941) reported the specimen was found in strata 150 ft. below the Siphagenerinoides zone, however this zone has been referred to the Moreno Formation and the Panoche Formation by geologists. Considered to come from upper part (Marca Mb.) by Bell & Evans 2010. |
| Lithology Description | member is "a finely laminated, diatomaceous shale" |
| Lithology | "shale" |
| Environment | offshore |
| Geology Comments | "an oxygen-deficient upper-slope facies within an overall shoaling sequence" |
Associated Collections
| Collection | Formation | Member | Lithology | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Panoche-Tumey Hills (CIT Loc. 357) | Moreno | Marca | "shale" | 70.6 - 66 Ma (Late/Upper Cretaceous) |
Recorded Fossils
| Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Preservation | Age |
|---|---|---|---|
 Augustynolophus morrisispecies | Animalia : Chordata : Ornithischia : Hadrosauridae : Augustynolophus : Augustynolophus morrisi | hydroxylapatite body | 70.6 - 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!
