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Asuncion - Moreno - Mustang Shale, California, USA

GroupAsuncion
FormationMoreno
MemberMustang Shale
Age:72.1 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
IntervalMaastrichtian
Lithologyshale
Number of Collections3
Number of Occurrences12

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
CAS 28399San Joaquin County, California, USAAsuncion - Moreno - Mustang Shale
Puerto Creek [Mustang ShaleStanislaus County, California, USAAsuncion - Moreno - Mustang Shale
Hospital Creek [Mustang ShaleStanislaus County, California, USAAsuncion - Moreno - Mustang Shale

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Parallelodon sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Arcida : Parallelodontidae : Parallelodon72.1 - 66 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Inoceramus sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myalinida : Inoceramidae : Inoceramus72.1 - 66 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Baculites anceps
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Baculitidae : Baculites : Baculites anceps72.1 - 66 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Solenoceras sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Diplomoceratidae : Solenoceras72.1 - 66 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Gaudryceras sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Gaudryceratidae : Gaudryceras72.1 - 66 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Axonoceras sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Nostoceratidae : Axonoceras72.1 - 66 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Bostrychoceras sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Nostoceratidae : Bostrychoceras72.1 - 66 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Exiteloceras bennisoni
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Nostoceratidae : Exiteloceras : Exiteloceras bennisoni72.1 - 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!
 
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