Where: Fresno County, California (36.7° N, 120.7° W: paleocoordinates 41.2° N, 99.8° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Laguna Seca Formation, Paleocene (66.0 - 56.0 Ma)

• 300 ft. below the base of the Domengine.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Collection methods: Fossils appear to be older than rocks indicating transport.

Primary reference: J. T. Smith. 1975. Age, Correlation and Possible Tethyan Affinities of Mollusks from the Lodo Formation of Fresno County, California. Paleogene Symposium & Selected Technical Papers: Conference on Future Energy Horizons of the Pacific Coast 464-483 [A. Miller/C. Ferguson]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 11124: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Chad Ferguson on 19.07.2001, edited by Jonathan Marcot

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