D-5734 - East-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)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

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 143613: 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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Echinoidea
  -
Echinoidea indet.
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin
unclassified
  -
Blastozoa indet.
Blastozoa indet. Sprinkle 1973
"crinozoa spp."
Strophomenata
 Productida - Productidae
? Setigerites sp., Buxtonia cf. websteri, "Dictyoclostidae indet." = Dictyoclostinae
"Dictyoclostidae indet." = Dictyoclostinae Stehli 1954
"dictyoclostid sp. B"
 Productida - Productellidae
Krotovia "sp. B", Semicostella sp., Lissomarginifera shastensis
Krotovia "sp. B" Fredericks 1928
 Productida - Echinoconchidae
Karavankina sp.
Karavankina sp. Ramovs 1966
 Productida - Linoproductidae
Fluctuaria sp.
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Schuchertella "sp. A"
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Rugosochonetes californucus
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida -
Spiriferoidea indet.
Spiriferoidea indet.
"spiriferacean sp. C"
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Cleiothyridina sp.
Cleiothyridina sp. Buckman 1906
 Athyridida - Neoretziidae
Hustedia sp.
Hustedia sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
 Spiriferinida -
Spiriferinida indet.
Spiriferinida indet. Ivanova 1972
"spiriferinid sp. B"
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchoporidae
Rhynchopora sp.
Rhynchopora sp. King 1865
 Rhynchonellida -
Stenoscismatoidea indet.
Stenoscismatoidea indet. Oehlert 1887
"stenoscisnatacean sp. A"
Bryozoa
 Fenestellida -
Fenestellida indet.
Fenestellida indet.
includes "fenestellid type 1" and "fenestellid type 2"
Stenolaemata
 Cystoporida - Sulcoreteporidae
Sulcoreteporidae indet.
Sulcoreteporidae indet. Bassler 1935
"sulcoreteporld type 1"
 Rhabdomesida -
Rhabdomesida indet.
Rhabdomesida indet. Vine 1883
"rhabdomesid"
 Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
Acanthocladiidae indet.
Acanthocladiidae indet. Zittel 1880
"acanthocladiid"
Scaphopoda
  -
Scaphopoda indet.
Scaphopoda indet. Bronn 1862 tusk shell
"scaphopod sp. A"
Gastropoda
 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
Bivalvia
  -
Bivalvia indet.
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
"other pelecypods"
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nuculavus sp.
Nuculavus sp. Tschernyschev 1943 nut clam
 Pectinida -
Pectinoidea indet.
Pectinoidea indet. Rafinesque 1815 scallop
"pectinacean"
 Pectinida - Annuliconchidae
Annuliconcha interlineata
Annuliconcha interlineata Meek and Worthen 1860 scallop
 Pectinida - Heteropectinidae
? Etheripecten "planoconvexa Watkins MS"
 Pectinida - Limipectinidae
Acanthopecten sp.
Acanthopecten sp. Girty 1903 scallop
 Pectinida - Streblochondriidae
Streblochondria sp., Streblopteria "californica Watkins MS"
Streblochondria sp. Newell 1938 scallop
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Bakevellia "sp. A"
Bakevellia "sp. A" King 1848 oyster
 Modiomorphida -
Modiomorphoidea indet.
Modiomorphoidea indet. Miller 1877 clam
"modiomorphacean"
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astartella sp.
Astartella sp. Hall 1858 clam
 Trigoniida - Schizodidae
? Schizodus "sp. B"
? Schizodus "sp. B" King 1844 clam
Trilobita
 Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Paladin bairdensis
Paladin bairdensis Wheeler 1937 trilobite
Foraminifera
  -
Foraminifera indet.
Foraminifera indet. foram
"foraminifers spp."