UCLA 6356, Oat Gulch (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as LACMIP 26356

Where: Stanislaus County, California (37.3° N, 121.2° W: paleocoordinates 43.4° N, 96.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Moreno Formation (Great Valley Group), Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

• Middle? Maastrichtian

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by R.B. Stewart in 1944; reposited in the LACM

Primary reference: W. P. Elder and J. W. Miller. 1993. Map and checklists of Jurassic and Cretaceous macrofossil localities within the San Jose 1:100,000 Quadrangle, California, and discussion of paleontological results. United States Geological Survey Open-File Report 93-503:1-49 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 185456: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 23.04.2017

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Polinices sp. Monfort 1810 moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae
Bulbificopsis garza Squires and Saul 2003 fig shell
 Neogastropoda - Pyropsidae
Pyropsis sp. Conrad 1860 snail
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Donacidae
Adelodonax altus Gabb 1864 clam
 Cardiida - Tancrediidae
Meekia (Meekia) sella Gabb 1864 clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Septifer sp. Récluz 1848 mussel
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
"Glycymeris (Glycymeris) aff. veatchii" = Glycymerita veatchii
"Glycymeris (Glycymeris) aff. veatchii" = Glycymerita veatchii Gabb 1864 clam
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
"Idonearca "n. sp. A"" = Cucullaea (Idonearca)
"Idonearca "n. sp. A"" = Cucullaea (Idonearca) Conrad 1862 clam