UCLA loc. 4653, Salt Creek, Redding Area (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as LACMIP loc. 24653

Where: Shasta County, California (40.7° N, 122.2° W: paleocoordinates 43.4° N, 84.6° W)

• coordinate stated in text

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

• Redding Formation. Bellavista Sandstone Member

Environment/lithology: marine; massive sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by W. P Popenoe in 29, 1961; 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 222097: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 09.09.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea malleiformis Gabb 1864 oyster
 Cardiida - Tancrediidae
Meekia takeoana Saul and Popenoe 1962 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, "Rostellinda dilleri" = Carota dilleri
"Volutoderma mitraeformis" = Carota mitraeformis Gabb 1869 volute
"Rostellinda dilleri" = Carota dilleri White 1889 volute
misspelled as "Rostillinda diller"
 Heterostropha - Acteonellidae
"Acteonella oviformis" = Actaeonella oviformis
"Acteonella oviformis" = Actaeonella oviformis Gabb 1869 snail
 Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Biplica isoplicata Popenoe 1957 snail