D-4574 - West-facing roadcut (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Shasta County, California (40.9° N, 122.3° W: paleocoordinates 7.2° N, 48.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Baird Formation, Late/Upper Mississippian (330.9 - 323.2 Ma)

Environment/lithology: shoreface; lithified siltstone

• Thin-bedded siltstones.

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 143609: authorized by Nicole Bonuso, entered by Pedro Monarrez on 25.04.2013, edited by Jonathan Marcot

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Foraminifera
  -
Foraminifera indet.
Foraminifera indet. foram
"foraminifers spp."
Anthozoa
  -
Anthozoa indet.
Anthozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1834
"solitary tetracoral"
Gastropoda
 Pleurotomarioidea -
Pleurotomarioidea indet.
Pleurotomarioidea indet. Swainson 1840 snail
"pleuritomariacean sp.A"
 Bellerophontida -
Bellerophontida indet.
Bellerophontida indet. Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
"bellerophontacean"
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Neilsonia sp.
Neilsonia sp. Thomas 1940 snail
 Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
Euomphalus sp.
Euomphalus sp. Sowerby 1814 snail
Scaphopoda
  -
Scaphopoda indet.
Scaphopoda indet. Bronn 1862 tusk shell
"scaphopod sp. A"
Bivalvia
  -
Bivalvia indet.
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
"other pelecypods"
 Trigoniida - Schizodidae
Schizodus "sp. A"
Schizodus "sp. A" King 1844 clam
 Ostreiformii -
Pectinida indet.
Pectinida indet. Gray 1854 scallop
"pectinacean"
 Pectinida - Heteropectinidae
? Etheripecten "planoconvexa Watkins MS"
 Pectinida - Streblochondriidae
Streblopteria "californica Watkins MS", Streblochondria sp.
Streblochondria sp. Newell 1938 scallop
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Pernopecten cf. ohioensis
Pernopecten cf. ohioensis Newell 1938 scallop
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
Pterineidae indet.
Pterineidae indet. Miller 1877 oyster
"pterineid"
 Nuculanida -
Nuculanoidea indet.
Nuculanoidea indet. Adams and Adams 1858 clam
"nuculanacean"
 Nuculanida - Polidevciidae
Polidevcia sp.
Polidevcia sp. Tschernyschev 1943 clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nuculavus sp.
Nuculavus sp. Tschernyschev 1943 nut clam
Brachiopoda
  -
Brachiopoda indet.
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
"other brachiopods"
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferinida -
Spiriferinida indet.
Spiriferinida indet. Ivanova 1972
"spiriferinid sp. B"
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Rhipidomella sp.
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Schizophoria cf. compacta
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Crurithyris "sp. A"
Crurithyris "sp. A" George 1931
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
Kitakamithyris sp.
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchoporidae
Rhynchopora sp.
Rhynchopora sp. King 1865
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
Dorsoscyphus johnsoni
Dorsoscyphus johnsoni Watkins 1974
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Rugosochonetes californicus
 Productida - Productellidae
Krotovia "sp. B", Lissomarginifera shastensis, Semicostella sp.
Krotovia "sp. B" Fredericks 1928
 Productida - Productidae
"Dictyoclostidae indet." = Dictyoclostinae, ? Setigerites sp.
"Dictyoclostidae indet." = Dictyoclostinae Stehli 1954
"dictyoclostid sp. B"
 Productida - Linoproductidae
Fluctuaria sp.
 Productida - Monticuliferidae
Ovatia sp.
 Productida - Echinoconchidae
Karavankina sp.
Karavankina sp. Ramovs 1966
Stenolaemata
 Cystoporida - Sulcoreteporidae
Sulcoreteporidae indet.
Sulcoreteporidae indet. Bassler 1935
"sulcoreteporld type 1"
 Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
Acanthocladiidae indet.
Acanthocladiidae indet. Zittel 1880
"acanthocladiid"
 Rhabdomesida -
Rhabdomesida indet.
Rhabdomesida indet. Vine 1883
"rhabdomesid"
Bryozoa
 Fenestellida -
Fenestellida indet.
Fenestellida indet.
includes "fenestellid type 1" and "fenestellid type 2"
Crustacea
  -
Crustacea indet.
Crustacea indet. Brünnich 1772
"crustacean"
Trilobita
 Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Paladin bairdensis
Paladin bairdensis Wheeler 1937 trilobite
unclassified
  -
Blastozoa indet.
Blastozoa indet. Sprinkle 1973
"crinozoa spp."