D-5736 - North-facing roadcut (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Shasta County, California (40.9° N, 122.3° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 9.4° N, 44.5° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Baird Formation, Pennsylvanian (323.4 - 298.9 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shoreface; lithified, massive siltstone

• Shells occur among abundant shell fragments, are oriented parallel to bedding, and may be concentrated on discrete bedding planes, indicating a high depositional energy
• Massive tuffaceous siltstone.

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the UCMP

Primary reference: R. Watkins. 1974. Carboniferous Brachiopods from Northern California. Journal of Paleontology 48(2):304-325 [N. Bonuso/P. Monarrez]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 143614: authorized by Nicole Bonuso, entered by Pedro Monarrez on 25.04.2013, edited by Jonathan Marcot

Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)

Taxonomic list

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Trilobita
 Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Paladin bairdensis
Paladin bairdensis Wheeler 1937 trilobite
Bivalvia
  -
Bivalvia indet.
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Parallelodon sp.
Parallelodon sp. Meek and Worthen 1866 clam
 Ostreida -
Pterioidea indet.
Pterioidea indet. Gray 1847 oyster
"pteriacean"
 Pectinida - Limipectinidae
Limipecten sp.
Limipecten sp. Girty 1903 scallop
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Pernopecten cf. ohioensis
Pernopecten cf. ohioensis Newell 1938 scallop
 Myalinida - Myalinidae
Myalina sp.
Myalina sp. de Koninck 1842 clam
 Trigoniida - Schizodidae
? Schizodus "sp. B"
? Schizodus "sp. B" King 1844 clam
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astartella sp.
Astartella sp. Hall 1858 clam
 Nuculanida - Polidevciidae
Phestia sp.
Phestia sp. Chernyshev 1951 clam
Cephalopoda
 Nautiloidea -
Nautiloidea indet.
Nautiloidea indet. Agassiz 1847 nautiloid
"nautiloid cephalopod sp.A"
Scaphopoda
  -
Scaphopoda indet.
Scaphopoda indet. Bronn 1862 tusk shell
"scaphopod sp. B"
Gastropoda
 Zygopleuroidea - Pseudozygopleuridae
Pseudozygopleuridae indet.
Pseudozygopleuridae indet. Knight 1930 snail
"pseudozygopleurid"
 Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae
? Euphemitopsis sp.
? Euphemitopsis sp. Yochelson 1960 snail
 Murchisoniina - Murchisoniidae
Murchisoniidae indet.
Murchisoniidae indet. Koken 1896 snail
"murchisoniid"
 Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
Straparollus sp.
Straparollus sp. de Montfort 1810 snail
 Neritoina - Neritopsidae
Neritopsidae indet.
Neritopsidae indet. Gray 1847 snail
"neritopsid"
Brachiopoda
  -
Brachiopoda indet.
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
"other brachiopods"
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Schuchertella "sp. A"
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Rugosochonetes californicus
 Productida - Productidae
"Dictyoclostidae indet." = Dictyoclostinae
"Dictyoclostidae indet." = Dictyoclostinae Stehli 1954
"dictyoclostid sp. A"
 Productida - Linoproductidae
Fluctuaria sp.
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Rhipidomella sp.
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Orthotichia nawtawaketensis
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
? Septospirifer sp.
? Septospirifer sp. Waterhouse 1971
 Athyridida - Neoretziidae
Hustedia sp.
Hustedia sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
Stenolaemata
 Rhabdomesida -
Rhabdomesida indet.
Rhabdomesida indet. Vine 1883
"rhabdomesid"
 Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
Acanthocladiidae indet.
Acanthocladiidae indet. Zittel 1880
"acanthocladiid"
Bryozoa
 Fenestellida -
Fenestellida indet.
Fenestellida indet.
includes "fenestellid type 1" and "fenestellid type 2" and "fenestellid type 3"
unclassified
  -
Blastozoa indet.
Blastozoa indet. Sprinkle 1973
"crinozoa spp."
Foraminifera
  -
Foraminifera indet.
Foraminifera indet. foram
"foraminifers spp."