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Monte de Oro, Butte County, California, USA

FormationMonte de Oro
Age:164 - 152 Ma
Jurassic
IntervalOxfordian - Kimmeridgian
Number of Collections7
Number of Occurrences20

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
USGS Mesozoic Loc. 16625Butte County, California, USAMonte de Oro
USGS Mesozoic Loc. 3990Butte County, California, USAMonte de Oro
USGS Mesozoic Loc. 3991Butte County, California, USAMonte de Oro

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Modiolus sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Mytilida : Mytilidae : Modiolus163.5 - 152.1 Ma
Jurassic
Ostrea sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Ostreidae : Ostrea163.5 - 152.1 Ma
Jurassic
Pinna sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Pinnidae : Pinna163.5 - 152.1 Ma
Jurassic
Buchia concentrica
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Buchiidae : Buchia : Buchia concentrica163.5 - 152.1 Ma
Jurassic
Lima sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Limida : Limidae : Lima163.5 - 152.1 Ma
Jurassic
Meleagrinella sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Oxytomidae : Meleagrinella163.5 - 152.1 Ma
Jurassic
Chlamys sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pectinidae : Chlamys163.5 - 152.1 Ma
Jurassic
Trigonia sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Trigoniida : Trigoniidae : Trigonia163.5 - 152.1 Ma
Jurassic
Perisphinctes sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Perisphinctidae : Perisphinctes163.5 - 152.1 Ma
Jurassic
Belemnites sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Belemnitida : Belemnites163.5 - 152.1 Ma
Jurassic
Gastropoda
class
3Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda163.5 - 152.1 Ma
Jurassic

References

Imlay R. W. (1961) Late Jurassic ammonites from the western Sierra Nevada, California, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 374-D, D-1-D-28
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!
 
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