Tumey and Pancoche Hills (Cretaceous of the United States)

Where: Fresno County, California (36.3° N, 120.6° W: paleocoordinates 42.3° N, 96.1° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Tierra Loma Shale Member (Moreno Formation), Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marginal marine; silty shale

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the CIT, UCMP

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ), mechanical,

Primary reference: J. Lindgren, M. W. Caldwell, and J. W. Jagt. 2008. New data on the postcranial anatomy of the California mosasaur Plotosaurus bennisoni (Camp, 1942) (Upper Cretaceous: Maastrichtian), and the taxonomic status of P. tuckeri (Camp, 1942). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28(4):1043-1054 [M. Carrano/H. Street/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 96736: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Hallie Street on 29.06.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Squamata - Mosasauridae
Plotosaurus bennisoni Camp 1942 mosasaur