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. stratigraphically below Domengine
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression
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 11125: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Chad Ferguson on 19.07.2001, edited by Jonathan Marcot
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
Brachysphingus sp. Gabb 1869 true whelk
Pseudoliva sp. Swainson 1840 true whelk | |
Perissitys stewarti Zinsmeister 1983 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
"? Dosinia ? milthoidea" = Tenea inflata
"? Dosinia ? milthoidea" = Tenea inflata Gabb 1864 clam |