LACMIP loc. 10760, Little Cow Creek (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as CIT loc. 1438

Where: Shasta County, California (40.7° N, 122.1° W: paleocoordinates 43.4° N, 84.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Bellavista Member (Redding Formation), Turonian (93.9 - 89.8 Ma)

• Bellavista Sandstone Member

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by W. P. Popenoe in March, 1940; reposited in the LACM

Primary reference: D. L. Jones, W. V. Sliter, and W. P. Popenoe. 1978. Mid-Cretaceous (Albian to Turonian) biostratigraphy of northern California. Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Nice 4:1-13 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 220298: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 19.05.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Muniericeratidae
Tragodesmoceras ashlandicum Anderson 1902 ammonite
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea malleiformis Gabb 1864 oyster
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
"Cucullaea gravida" = Cucullaea (Idonearca) gravida
"Cucullaea gravida" = Cucullaea (Idonearca) gravida Gabb 1864 clam
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
"Glycymeris pacificus" = Glycymeris pacifica
"Glycymeris pacificus" = Glycymeris pacifica Anderson 1902 clam
 Cardiida - Tancrediidae
Meekia takeoana Saul and Popenoe 1962 clam
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Willimactra putida Saul 1973 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Calva regina" = Calva (Calva) regina
"Calva regina" = Calva (Calva) regina Popenoe 1937 venus clam
 Trigoniida - Megatrigonioidae
Pterotrigonia klamathonia Anderson 1958 clam
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
"Gyrodes dowelli" = Gyrodes (Gyrodes) dowelli, "Gyrodes conradiana" = Natica (Gyrodes) conradiana
"Gyrodes dowelli" = Gyrodes (Gyrodes) dowelli White 1889 moon snail
"Gyrodes conradiana" = Natica (Gyrodes) conradiana Gabb 1864 moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Gymnarus manubriatus Gabb 1864 snail
"Anchura condoniana" = Anchura (Helicaulax) condoniana Anderson 1902 snail
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
"Volutoderma mitraeformis" = Carota mitraeformis
"Volutoderma mitraeformis" = Carota mitraeformis Gabb 1869 volute
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Eripachya vaccina n. sp.1 Saul and Popenoe 1993 true whelk
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
"Glauconia robusta" = Turritella robusta
"Glauconia robusta" = Turritella robusta Gabb 1864 turret shell
 Pseudomelanoidea - Pseudomelaniidae
Liocium punctatum Gabb 1869 snail
 Seguenzioidea - Eucyclidae
"Garramites sp." = Calliomphalus (Calliomphalus)
"Garramites sp." = Calliomphalus (Calliomphalus) snail
 Heterostropha - Acteonellidae
"Acteonella oviformis" = Actaeonella oviformis Gabb 1869 snail
Acteonella frazierensis Anderson 1958 snail
 Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Biplica isoplicata Popenoe 1957 snail
 Neritoidea - Neritidae
Nerita salsa2 Saul and Squires 1997 snail