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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Cnidaria indet. Hatschek 1888 | |
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
Pseudoperissolax blakei Conrad 1855 murex snail | |
Perissitys stewarti Zinsmeister 1983 snail | |
"Tornatellaea cf. pinguis" = Ringicula (Ringicula) pinguis
"Tornatellaea cf. pinguis" = Ringicula (Ringicula) pinguis Gabb 1864 snail |