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Great Valley, California, USA

GroupGreat Valley
Formation(s)Antelope Shale
Crack Canyon
Gravelly Flat
Lodoga
Moreno
Stony Creek
Age:70.6 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
IntervalLate Maastrichtian
Lithologysiliciclastic
Number of Collections1
Number of Occurrences1

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
Puerto CanyonStanislaus County, California, USAGreat Valley - Moreno
Budden Canyon Formation Shasta County, California, USAGreat Valley - Budden Canyon - Chickabally
CAS Loc. 1291 - Lodoga [Antelope Shale]Colusa County, California, USAGreat Valley - Antelope Shale
Area 7: Deer Valley and MartinezContra Costa County, California, USAGreat Valley
Tumey and Pancoche HillsFresno County, California, USAGreat Valley - Moreno
PaskentaTehama County, California, USAGreat Valley - Stony Creek
Cold Fork of Cottonwood CreekTehama County, California, USAGreat Valley - Lodoga
Foley CanyonNapa County, California, USAGreat Valley - Crack Canyon
USGS M8766Merced County, California, USAGreat Valley - Moreno - Mustang Shale
Gravelly FlatFresno County, California, USAGreat Valley - Gravelly Flat
Eagle CreekShasta County, California, USAGreat Valley - Budden Canyon - Lower Chickabally Mudstone
CIT 1602Contra Costa County, California, USAGreat Valley - Sub Martinez - Sandstone

Associated Units

Stratigraphic NameAgeLithologyOccurrence Records
Chico83.5 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
siliciclastic, sandstone, conglomerate/"siliciclastic"68
Great Valley - Antelope Shale101 - 93.9 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
shale5
Great Valley - Budden Canyon - Chickabally122 - 112 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
limestone/mudstone5
Great Valley - Budden Canyon - Lower Chickabally Mudstone130 - 125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
mudstone8
Great Valley - Crack Canyon140 - 129 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
carbonate1
Great Valley - Gravelly Flat145 - 101 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
shale1
Great Valley - Lodoga113 - 101 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
mudstone3
Great Valley - Moreno70.6 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
shale3
Great Valley - Moreno - Mustang Shale83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
shale1
Great Valley - Stony Creek151 - 145 Ma
Late Jurassic
mudstone4
Great Valley - Sub Martinez - Sandstone70.6 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
sandstone2

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Angiospermae
phylum
2Plantae : Angiospermae122.46 - 112.03 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Cycadeoidea sp.
genus
6Plantae : Tracheophyta : Cycadopsida : Cycadeoideaceae : Cycadeoidea122.46 - 112.03 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Bathypurpurinopsis stantoni
species
7Bathypurpurinopsis : Bathypurpurinopsis stantoni113 - 100.5 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Hokkaidoconcha bilirata
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Hokkaidoconchidae : Hokkaidoconcha : Hokkaidoconcha bilirata113 - 100.5 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Hokkaidoconcha morenoensis
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Hokkaidoconchidae : Hokkaidoconcha : Hokkaidoconcha morenoensis83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Hokkaidoconcha occidentalis
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Hokkaidoconchidae : Hokkaidoconcha : Hokkaidoconcha occidentalis150.8 - 145 Ma
Late Jurassic
Hokkaidoconcha tehamaensis
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Hokkaidoconchidae : Hokkaidoconcha : Hokkaidoconcha tehamaensis150.8 - 145 Ma
Late Jurassic
Paskentana paskentaensis
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Paskentana : Paskentana paskentaensis150.8 - 145 Ma
Late Jurassic
Sequoia reichenbachi
species
7Plantae : Tracheophyta : Pinopsida : Pinales : Cupressaceae : Sequoia : Sequoia reichenbachi122.46 - 112.03 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Saurolophinae
subfamily
5.3Animalia : Chordata : Ornithischia : Hadrosauridae : Saurolophinae72.1 - 66 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Ornithopoda
unranked clade
99Animalia : Chordata : Ornithischia : Ornithopoda122.46 - 112.03 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Plotosaurus bennisoni
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Mosasauridae : Plotosaurus : Plotosaurus bennisoni70.6 - 66 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Kolposaurus tuckeri
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Mosasauridae : Plotosaurus : Kolposaurus tuckeri72.1 - 66 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Oxyeurax trapezoidalis
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Carditida : Astartidae : Oxyeurax : Oxyeurax trapezoidalis130 - 125.45 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Tehamatea sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Lucinida : Lucinidae : Tehamatea130 - 125.45 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Nucula sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculanida : Nuculanidae : Nucula130 - 125.45 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Nucula (Leionucula) sp.
subgenus
6.3Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculida : Nuculidae : Nucula : Nucula (Leionucula)130 - 125.45 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Nucinella sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Solemyida : Nucinellidae : Nucinella130 - 125.45 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Acharax sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Solemyida : Solemyidae : Acharax130 - 125.45 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Desmoceras (Pseudoughligella) dawsoni
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Desmoceratidae : Desmoceras : Desmoceras (Pseudoughligella) dawsoni100.5 - 93.9 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Puzosia (Anapuzosia) tucuyensis
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Desmoceratidae : Puzosia : Puzosia (Anapuzosia) tucuyensis100.5 - 93.9 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Turrilites petersoni
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Turrilitidae : Turrilites : Turrilites petersoni100.5 - 93.9 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Perissitys sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Turbinellidae : Perissitys70.6 - 66 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Pseudanchura biangulata
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Aporrhaidae : Pseudanchura : Pseudanchura biangulata130 - 125.45 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Ambercyclus dilleri
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Eucyclidae : Ambercyclus : Ambercyclus dilleri150.8 - 145 Ma
Late Jurassic
Phanerolepida sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Trochida : Colloniidae : Phanerolepida130 - 125.45 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Gyrodes (Sohlella) expansus
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Naticidae : Gyrodes : Gyrodes (Sohlella) expansus70.6 - 66 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Cerithium sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Cerithiidae : Cerithium113 - 100.5 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Turritella petersoni
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Turritellidae : Turritella : Turritella petersoni100.5 - 93.9 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Pteridophyta
phylum
2Plantae : Pteridophyta122.46 - 112.03 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

References

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Morris W. J. (1973) A review of Pacific coast hadrosaurs, Journal of Paleontology 47 3, 551-561
Popenoe W. P., Saul L. R., et al (1987) Gyrodiform gastropods from the Pacific coast Cretaceous and Paleocene, Journal of Paleontology 61 1, 70-100
Popenoe W. P., Saul L. R. (1987) Evolution and classification of the Late Cretaceous-Early Tertiary gastropod Perissitys, Contributions in Science 380, 1-37
Hilton R. P., DeCourten F. L., et al (1995) First California dinosaur north of Sacramento, California Geology 48 4, 99-102
Hilton R. P., Decourten F. L., et al (1997) An Early Cretaceous ornithopod dinosaur from California, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 17 3, 557-560
Squires R. L., Saul L. R. (2006) Additions and refinements to Aptian to Santonian (Cretaceous) Turritella (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the Pacific Slope of North America, The Veliger 48 1, 46-60
Lindgren J., Caldwell M. W., et al (2008) New data on the postcranial anatomy of the California mosasaur Plotosaurus bennisoni (Camp, 1942) (Upper Cretaceous: Maastrichtian), and the taxonimic status of P. tuckeri (Camp, 1942), Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28 4, 1043-1054
Kiel S. K., Campbell K. A. C., et al (2008) Jurassic and Cretaceous Gastropods from Hydrocarbon Seeps in Forearc Basin and Accretionary Prism Settings, California, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 53 4, 679-703 doi:10.4202/app.2008.0412
Kaim A., Jenkins R. G., et al (2014) Mollusks from late Mesozoic seep deposits, chiefly in California, Zootaxa 3861 5, 401-440 doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3861.5.1
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