LACMIP loc. 22788, North Folk Cottonwood Creek (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as UCLA loc. 2788

Where: Shasta County, California (40.5° N, 122.6° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 43.1° N, 57.7° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Ogo Member (Budden Canyon Formation), Hauterivian (132.9 - 129.4 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by M. A. Murphy in 1951-1953; reposited in the LACM

Primary reference: R. L. Squires and L. R. Saul. 1997. Review of bivalve genus Plicatula from Cretaceous and Lower Cenozoic strata of California and Baja California. Journal of Paleontology 71(2):287-298 [P. Holroyd/S. Tremblay/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 194154: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Susan Tremblay on 14.06.2018

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula variata Gabb 1864 scallop