LSJU 1068, junction of Silver and Panoche Creek (Paleocene of the United States)

Where: Fresno County, California (36.6° N, 120.7° W: paleocoordinates 40.5° N, 101.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Lodo Formation, Thanetian (59.2 - 56.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

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 11126: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Chad Ferguson on 19.07.2001, edited by Jonathan Marcot

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Cnidaria indet. Hatschek 1888
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Pseudoperissolax blakei Conrad 1855 murex snail
 Neogastropoda - Perissityidae
Perissitys stewarti Zinsmeister 1983 snail
 Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
"Tornatellaea cf. pinguis" = Ringicula (Ringicula) pinguis
"Tornatellaea cf. pinguis" = Ringicula (Ringicula) pinguis Gabb 1864 snail