CAS loc. 69104, Texas Springs: Albian, California
collected by Unknown
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella infralineata
Gabb 1864
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16 specimens | ||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | California | County: | Shasta |
Coordinates: | 40.5° North, 122.5° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 40.6° North, 77.9° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early/Lower Cretaceous |
Stage: | Albian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 4 |
Key time interval: | Albian | ||
Age range of interval: | 113.00000 - 100.50000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Budden Canyon | Member: | Chickabally | ||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Chickabully Member of the Budden Canyon Formation. Further details published in Saul (1982) and Squires and Saul 2003, 2004). AGE: Late Early Albian based on molluscan biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown part of member. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | lithified "siliciclastic" |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: GENERAL LITHOLOGY: Unknown lithology, assumed to be siliciclastic from observations of figured specimens. LITHIFICATION: Assumed lithified based on figured specimens. | |
Environment: | offshore |
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: In general regarded as shallow water, though some units includes assemblages displaced into deeper waters through turbidity currents. Here assigned to a siliciclastic offshore environment on the basis of lithology. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body,original aragonite |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes: | some genera |
Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Museum repositories: | CAS,LACM |
Collectors: | Unknown |
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Unknown collector. REPOSITORY: CAS, California. | |
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Only includes Turritella (Gastropoda), therefore very limited. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication with species-level assignments. |
Metadata
Also known as: | LACMIP loc. 23893; UCLA loc. 3893 | ||
Database number: | 69618 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
Modifier: | J. Marcot | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2007-02-28 07:41:26 | Last modified: | 2023-06-12 13:22:57 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-02-28 07:41:26 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
18617. | R. L. Squires and L. R. Saul. 2006. Additions and refinements to Aptian to Santonian (Cretaceous) Turritella (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the Pacific Slope of North America. The Veliger 48(1):46-60 [A. Miller/A. Hendy] |