ammonites
CAS Loc. 1346 - Ono [Ono Fm] (Cretaceous of the United States)

Where: Shasta County, California (40.5° N, 122.6° W: paleocoordinates 40.6° N, 78.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Ono Formation, Albian (112.0 - 99.6 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Ono Fm. AGE: Upper Albian, on the basis of macrofossil biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within formation.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments

• ENVIRONMENT: Not stated in text.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Not stated, but probably siliciclastic. LITHIFICATION: Lithified on the basis of figured specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Collected by Anderson in 1929; reposited in the CAS

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTORS: F.M. Anderson and G.D. Hanna, 1929. REPOSITORY: CAS.

Primary reference: T. Matsumoto. 1960. Upper Cretaceous ammonites of California. Part III. Memoirs of the Faculty of Science, Kyushu University Series D, Geology, Special Volume II 1-204 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 86818: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 18.02.2009

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