Puerto Canyon, UCMP V3622: Maastrichtian, California
collected by A. Bennison 1936

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Plotosaurus tuckeri (Camp 1942)
Lull and Wright 1942 1 specimen
    = Kolposaurus sp.
Camp 1942
Reptilia - Hadrosauridae
Hadrosauridae indet. Cope 1869
1 individual
UCMP 32944
    = Saurolophinae indet. Brown 1914
Morris 1973
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:California County:Stanislaus
Coordinates: 37.5° North, 121.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:43.6° North, 96.6° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Altitude:1455 meters
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Maastrichtian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 8
*Period:Late/Upper Cretaceous *Epoch:Gallic
*International age/stage:Early/Lower Cenomanian - Late/Upper Maastrichtian
Key time interval:Maastrichtian
Age range of interval:72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Great Valley Formation:Moreno
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: There is uncertainty between the boundary of the Moreno and Panoche Formation in the area.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Degree of concentration:dispersed
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Associated major elements:all
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Spatial resolution:allochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection
Collection size:1 individuals
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:UCMP
Collectors:A. Bennison Collection dates:Jun 1936
Collection method comments: found by Allan Bennison (high school student)
Metadata
Also known as:L&W locality 48
Database number:24845
Authorizer:M. Carrano, J. Marcot Enterer:M. Carrano, K. Maguire, J. Marcot
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2002-08-21 13:49:35 Last modified:2021-10-13 09:55:58
Access level:the public Released:2002-08-21 13:49:35
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

6966. C. J. Hesse and S. P. Welles. 1936. The first record of a dinosaur from the West Coast. Science 84(2172):157-158 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

71196 C. L. Camp. 1942. California mosasaurs. Memoirs of the University of California 13(1):1-68 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]
34145ETE T. L. Ford. 1999. A review of the hadrosaurs from California. In R. D. McCord III & D. Boaz (eds), Southwest Paleontological Symposium – Proceedings 1999. Mesa Southwest Museum Bulletin 6:59-60 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
12319ETE R. S. Lull and N. E. Wright. 1942. Hadrosaurian dinosaurs of North America. Geological Society of America Special Paper 40:1-242 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
14863ETE W. J. Morris. 1973. A review of Pacific coast hadrosaurs. Journal of Paleontology 47(3):551-561 [M. Carrano/K. Maguire/M. Carrano]