Lodoga, NSF 884 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Where: Tehama County, California (39.3° N, 122.5° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 45.6° N, 74.6° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Albian (113.2 - 100.5 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: basinal (); lithified, black mudstone and lithified, concretionary limestone

• small limestone nodules (calcilutite) in dark-gray to black mudstones

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: original silica

Collection methods: chemical, hydroflouric,

Primary reference: E. Pessagno. 1977. Lower cretaceous radiolarian biostratigraphy of the Great Valley sequence and Franciscan complex, California coast ranges. Cushman Foundation for foraminiferal research, Special Publication (15)1-87 [W. Kiessling/M. Riess/M. Riess]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 54072: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Martin Riess on 22.09.2005

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Taxonomic list

Protozoa
 Nassellaria - Archaeodictyomitridae
Mita magnifica radiolarian
? Zifondium paupera radiolarian
Zifondium "sp. A" Pessagno 1977 radiolarian
Zifondium lassenensis Pessagno 1977 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Cuniculiformiidae
Cassideus "sp. A" Pessagno 1969 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Pseudodictyomitridae
 Nassellaria - Eucyrtidiidae
Pseudoeucyrtis "sp. A" Pessagno 1977 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Xitidae
Xitus spineus radiolarian
Xitus antelopensis Pessagno 1977 radiolarian
Xitus pulcher Pessagno 1977 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Neosciadiocapsidae
 Nassellaria - Williriedellidae
Kozurium zingulai radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Ultranaporidae
"Ultranapora durhami" = Napora durhami, "Ultranapora praespinifera" = Napora
"Ultranapora durhami" = Napora durhami Pessagno 1977 radiolarian
"Ultranapora praespinifera" = Napora radiolarian
 Entactinaria - Saturnalidae
Acanthocircus dendroacanthos radiolarian
[entered as Acanthocircus dendrocanthos]
Vitorfus "sp. C" Pessagno 1977 radiolarian
Vitorfus campbelli Pessagno 1977 radiolarian
 Entactinaria - Quinquecapsulariidae
 Spumellaria - Parvivaccidae
Dicroa "sp. A" Foreman 1975 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Angulobracchiidae
"Patulibracchium obesum" = Paronaella obesa, Paronaella cf. solanoensis
"Patulibracchium obesum" = Paronaella obesa Pessagno 1977 radiolarian
Paronaella cf. solanoensis Pessagno 1971 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Archaeospongoprunidae
Archaeospongoprunum carrierensis Pessagno 1977 radiolarian
Archaeospongoprunum praelongum Pessagno 1977 radiolarian
"Archaeospongoprunum renaensis" = Archaeospongoprunum cortinaensis Pessagno 1973 radiolarian
Archaeospongoprunum klingi Pessagno 1977 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Patulibracchiidae
 Spumellaria - Orbiculiformidae
 Spumellaria - Hagiastridae
Crucella messinae Pessagno 1971 radiolarian