Where: Shasta County, California (40.7° N, 122.3° W: paleocoordinates 12.0° N, 43.8° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: McCloud Formation, Asselian (298.9 - 295.5 Ma)
• Basal McCloud Limestone.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected in 1862
Primary reference: F. B. Meek. 1864. Section 1. Description of the Carboniferous fossils. Palaeontology of California 1:3-16 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 121467: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 04.12.2011, edited by Bethany Allen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Lithostrotion sp. Fleming 1828 horn coral | |
"Lithostrotion sublaeve" = Durhamina sublaeve
"Lithostrotion sublaeve" = Durhamina sublaeve Meek 1864 horn coral | |
"Lithostrotion californiense" = Paraheritschioides californiense
"Lithostrotion californiense" = Paraheritschioides californiense Meek 1864 horn coral | |
Clisiophyllum gabbi Meek 1864 horn coral | |
Rhynchonellata | |
"Spirifer lineatus" = Reticularia lineata
"Spirifer lineatus" = Reticularia lineata Martin 1809 | |
Retzia compressa Meek 1864 | |
"Orthis cf. carbonaria" = Rhipidomella carbonaria
"Orthis cf. carbonaria" = Rhipidomella carbonaria Shumard and Swallow 1858 | |
"Spiriferina cf. cristata" = Spiriferellina cristata
"Spiriferina cf. cristata" = Spiriferellina cristata von Schlotheim 1816 | |
Rhynchonella sp. Fischer 1809 | |
Strophomenata | |
"Productus semireticulatus" = Dictyoclostus semireticulatus
"Productus semireticulatus" = Dictyoclostus semireticulatus Martin 1809 | |
Gastropoda | |
"Euomphalus (Omphalotrochus) whitneyi n. sp." = Omphalotrochus whitneyi
"Euomphalus (Omphalotrochus) whitneyi n. sp." = Omphalotrochus whitneyi Meek 1864 snail | |
Foraminifera | |
Fusulina cylindrica Fischer 1837 | |
"Fusulina (Schwagerina) robusta" = Pseudoschwagerina robusta
"Fusulina (Schwagerina) robusta" = Pseudoschwagerina robusta Meek 1864 |