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Stanford University 2383 [Moreno Fm], Merced County, California, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 36.8956,-120.801 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | based on nearby landmark |
Given Location | California, United States |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Merced County, California, USA |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Stanford University 2383 [Moreno Fm] | Anderson F. M. (1958) | Asuncion - Moreno | LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From the Moreno Fm of the Asuncion Gp, for which lithostratigraphic relations are unknown. AGE: Maastrichtian, on the basis of ammonoid biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From higher beds within the group. | "siliciclastic" | 72.1 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Glycymeris sp. genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Arcida : Glycymerididae : Glycymeris | 72.1 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Parallelodon sp. genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Arcida : Parallelodontidae : Parallelodon | 72.1 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Acila (Truncacila) sp. subgenus | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculida : Nuculidae : Acila : Acila (Truncacila) | 72.1 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Tenea inflata species | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Veneroidei : Arcticidae : Tenea : Tenea inflata | 72.1 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Diplomoceras sp. genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Diplomoceratidae : Diplomoceras | 72.1 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Perissitys sp. genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Turbinellidae : Perissitys | 72.1 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
References
Anderson F. M. (1958) Upper Cretaceous of the Pacific Coast, Geological Society of America Memoir 71, 1-378 |
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!