S.U. 445, Old Bass Ranch, Bayha Creek (Permian of the United States)

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

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Taxonomic list

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Strophomenata
 Productida - Productidae
"Productus semireticulatus" = Dictyoclostus semireticulatus
"Productus semireticulatus" = Dictyoclostus semireticulatus Martin 1809
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Reticulariidae
"Spirifer lineatus" = Reticularia lineata
"Spirifer lineatus" = Reticularia lineata Martin 1809
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
"Orthis cf. carbonaria" = Rhipidomella carbonaria
"Orthis cf. carbonaria" = Rhipidomella carbonaria Shumard and Swallow 1858
 Spiriferinida - Spiriferellinidae
"Spiriferina cf. cristata" = Spiriferellina cristata
"Spiriferina cf. cristata" = Spiriferellina cristata von Schlotheim 1816
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
Rhynchonella sp.
Rhynchonella sp. Fischer 1809
 Athyridida - Retziidae
Retzia compressa
Retzia compressa Meek 1864
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Omphalotrochidae
"Euomphalus (Omphalotrochus) whitneyi n. sp." = Omphalotrochus whitneyi
"Euomphalus (Omphalotrochus) whitneyi n. sp." = Omphalotrochus whitneyi Meek 1864 snail
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Aulophyllidae
Clisiophyllum gabbi
Clisiophyllum gabbi Meek 1864 horn coral
 Stauriida - Durhaminidae
"Lithostrotion sublaeve" = Durhamina sublaeve
"Lithostrotion sublaeve" = Durhamina sublaeve Meek 1864 horn coral
 Stauriida - Lithostrotionidae
Lithostrotion sp.
Lithostrotion sp. Fleming 1828 horn coral
 Stauriida - Kleopatrinidae
"Lithostrotion californiense" = Paraheritschioides californiense
"Lithostrotion californiense" = Paraheritschioides californiense Meek 1864 horn coral
Foraminifera
 Fusulinoidea - Fusulinidae
Fusulina cylindrica
Fusulina cylindrica Fischer 1837
 Fusulinoidea - Schwagerinidae
"Fusulina (Schwagerina) robusta" = Pseudoschwagerina robusta
"Fusulina (Schwagerina) robusta" = Pseudoschwagerina robusta Meek 1864