McLure Valley, locality 91 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Where: California (35.9° N, 120.1° W: paleocoordinates 35.5° N, 80.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Panoche Formation (Great Valley Group), Cenomanian (100.5 - 93.9 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; conglomerate

• conglomerate

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: R. B. Stewart. 1946. Geology of Reef Ridge Coalinga district California. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 205C:81-115 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/J. Marcot]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 167602: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 25.03.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell
Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
"Oligoptycha obliqua" = Biplica obliqua
"Oligoptycha obliqua" = Biplica obliqua Gabb 1864 snail
 Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Scaphander sp. Monfort 1810 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Gyrodes (cf. Gyrodes) expansa Gabb 1864 moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia sp. Linnaeus 1758 jingle
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea sp. Lamarck 1801 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Trigonocallista sp. Rennie 1930 venus clam
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Cymbophora ? sp. Gabb 1869 clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula sp. Bruguière 1789 clam
 Pholadida - Pholadidae
Martesia ? sp. Sowerby 1824 clam
 Lucinida - Mactromyidae
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte sp. Sowerby 1816 clam
 Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Trigonia sp. Bruguière 1789 clam