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Chico - Kingsley Cave, Tehama County, California, USA

FormationChico
MemberKingsley Cave
Age:85.8 - 83.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
IntervalSantonian
Lithologysiliciclastic
Number of Collections2
Number of Occurrences3

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
Area 2: Mill CreekTehama County, California, USAChico - Kingsley Cave
UCLA 4664Tehama County, California, USAChico - Kingsley Cave

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Murphitys sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Perissityidae : Murphitys86.3 - 83.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Perissitys sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Turbinellidae : Perissitys86.3 - 83.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Anchura callosa
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Aporrhaidae : Anchura : Anchura callosa85.8 - 83.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

References

Popenoe W. P., Saul L. R. (1987) Evolution and classification of the Late Cretaceous-Early Tertiary gastropod Perissitys, Contributions in Science 380, 1-37
Elder W. P., Saul L. R. (1996) Taxonomy and biostratigraphy of Coniacian through Maastrichtian Anchura (Gastropoda; Aporrhaiidae) of the North American Pacific slope, Journal of Paleontology 70 3, 381-399
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