C-48, McCloud Point, Klamath Mountains (Permian of the United States)

Where: California (40.9° N, 122.2° W: paleocoordinates 12.1° N, 43.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: C Member (McCloud Formation), Asselian (298.9 - 295.5 Ma)

• 620 feet above base, uppermost part of member C.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: microfossils

Collected by John Harbaugh

Collection methods: peel or thin section

• Repository: not stated, presumably Humble Oil Company

Primary reference: J. W. Skinner and G. L. Wilde. 1965. Permian biostratigraphy and fusulinid faunas of the Shasta Lake area, northern California. University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions, Protozoa 6:1-98 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 131635: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 27.07.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Foraminifera
 Fusulinoidea - Schwagerinidae
Schwagerina pseudoprinceps Skinner and Wilde 1965
Schwagerina acuminata Skinner and Wilde 1965
Pseudofusulina solita n. sp. Skinner and Wilde 1965
Pseudofusulina retusa n. sp. Skinner and Wilde 1965
Pseudoschwagerina californica Skinner and Wilde 1965