Moreno Formation
235 distinct taxa, from 666 fossil occurrences the Paleobiology Database records under this name, spanning 84–66 Mya.
California · US
235 taxa · 666 fossils · 84–66 MyaFiled under the Great Valley Group. Members recorded: Garzas, Tierra Loma Shale, Quinto Silt, Mustang Shale, Volta, Mustang Creek, Tierra Loma, Marca Shale, Marca, Cima, Dos Palos, Dosados.
Macrostrat dates this rock 72–63 Ma. Macrostrat’s own record
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25 distinct localities, where the rock is now rather than where it was laid down. Tectonics draws the world it belonged to.
When
What has been found
- Turritella chaneyi
- Septifer
- Anomia
- Glycymerita veatchii
- Callistalox fragilis
- Cucullaea (Idonearca)
- Meekia (Meekia) sella
- Polinices
- Calva (Calva) varians
- Ostrea
- Adelodonax altus
- Pyktes hamulus
- Glycymerita banosensis
- Bulbificopsis garza
- Exogyra
- Naticidae
- Perissitys stantoni
- Pycnodonte (Pycnodonte)
- Cymbophora
- Glycymeris
- Lima
- Aguileria
- Cassidulus mercedensis
- Clisocolus dubius
- Cymbophora ashburnerii
- Lysis
- Priscoficus
- Cardiidae
- Heteroconchia
- Mytilus
- Nodosaria
- Opis (Hesperopis) triangulata
- Tylostoma garzana
- Baculites occidentalis
- Calva (Egelicalva) nitida
- Dentalium
- Diplomoceras
- Gaudryceras kayei
- Grammatodon (Indogrammatodon)
- Hypophylloceras (Neophylloceras) hetonaiense
The 40 most often recorded, of 235.
What else lived thenRank the rock of a period
Counts are of occurrence records, which measure the rock and the fieldwork together.