CIT loc. 1202, Dry Creek, Redding area (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as LACMIP loc. 10774

Where: Shasta County, California (40.7° N, 122.2° W: paleocoordinates 43.4° N, 84.7° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• Bellavista Sandstone Member

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the LACM

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

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 222073: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 08.09.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
"Glycymeris pacificus" = Glycymeris pacifica
"Glycymeris pacificus" = Glycymeris pacifica Anderson 1902 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Calva regina" = Calva (Calva) regina
"Calva regina" = Calva (Calva) regina Popenoe 1937 venus clam
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
Tenea sp. Conrad 1870 clam
Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Acteonellidae
Actaeonella oviformis Gabb 1869 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Gymnarus manubriatus Gabb 1864 snail
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
Ampullina pseudoalveata Packard 1922 snail