LACMIP loc. 10761, Little Cow Creek valley (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as CIT loc. 1439

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

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• Upper part of Bellavista Sandstone Member

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shoreface; lithified sandstone

• moderately coarse-grained sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by W. P. Popenoe in 19, 1940; reposited in the LACM

Primary reference: L. R. Saul and R. L. Squires. 1998. New Cretaceous Gastropoda from California. Palaeontology 41(3):461-488 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 62347: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 19.07.2006, edited by Jonathan Marcot

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Taxonomic list

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Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Muniericeratidae
Tragodesmoceras ashlandicum
Tragodesmoceras ashlandicum Anderson 1902 ammonite
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Tancrediidae
Meekia takeoana
Meekia takeoana Saul and Popenoe 1962 clam
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Willimactra putida
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
Pterotrigonia klamathonia Anderson 1958 clam
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea malleiformis
Ostrea malleiformis Gabb 1864 oyster
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
"Glycymeris pacificus" = Glycymeris pacifica
"Glycymeris pacificus" = Glycymeris pacifica Anderson 1902 clam
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
"Cucullaea gravida" = Cucullaea (Idonearca) gravida
"Cucullaea gravida" = Cucullaea (Idonearca) gravida Gabb 1864 clam
Gastropoda
 Pseudomelanoidea - Pseudomelaniidae
Liocium punctatum
Liocium punctatum Gabb 1869 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
"Anchura condoniana" = Anchura (Helicaulax) condoniana, Gymnarus manubriatus
"Anchura condoniana" = Anchura (Helicaulax) condoniana Anderson 1902 snail
Gymnarus manubriatus Gabb 1864 snail
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
"Volutoderma mitraeformis" = Carota mitraeformis
"Volutoderma mitraeformis" = Carota mitraeformis Gabb 1869 volute
 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
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
"Glauconia robusta" = Turritella robusta
"Glauconia robusta" = Turritella robusta Gabb 1864 turret shell
 Heterostropha - Nerineidae
Aphanoptyxis californica n. sp.
Aphanoptyxis californica n. sp. Saul and Squires 1998 snail
 Heterostropha - Acteonellidae
Acteonella frazierensis, "Acteonella oviformis" = Actaeonella oviformis
Acteonella frazierensis Anderson 1958 snail
"Acteonella oviformis" = Actaeonella oviformis Gabb 1869 snail
 Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Biplica isoplicata
Biplica isoplicata Popenoe 1957 snail
 Neritoidea - Neritidae
Nerita salsa
Nerita salsa Saul and Squires 1997 snail
 Seguenzioidea - Eucyclidae
"Garramites sp." = Calliomphalus (Calliomphalus)
"Garramites sp." = Calliomphalus (Calliomphalus) snail