Where: Stanislaus County, California (37.5° N, 121.1° W: paleocoordinates 43.4° N, 96.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Mustang Shale Member (Moreno Formation), Maastrichtian (70.6 - 65.5 Ma)

• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From the Mustang Shale of the Moreno Fm, Asuncion Gp, which is overlain by the Quinto Silt Mbr. AGE: Maastrichtian, on the basis of ammonoid biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From higher beds within the group.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, argillaceous shale

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Collected by Bennison

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: Bennison. REPOSITORY: Not stated in text.

Primary reference: F.M. Anderson. 1958. Upper Cretaceous of the Pacific Coast. Geological Society of America Memoir 71 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy] more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 83787: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 01.09.2008

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