Where: Shasta County, California (40.9° N, 122.1° W: paleocoordinates 13.5° N, 53.5° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Hosselkus Formation, Tuvalian (232.0 - 221.5 Ma)
• Zone of Tropites subbullatus; Juvavites subzone according to Smith, 1927
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the USNM
Primary reference: J. P. Smith. 1927. Upper Triassic marine invertebrate faunas of North America. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 141:1-262 [D. Bottjer/C. Powers/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 144078: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 30.04.2013, edited by Catherine Powers
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Klamathites kellyi Smith 1927 ceratite | |
Sagenites dickersoni n. sp., Juvavites (Anatomites) intermittens, Juvavites (Anatomites) edgari, Juvavites (Anatomites) damesi
Sagenites dickersoni n. sp. Smith 1927 ceratite
Juvavites (Anatomites) intermittens Mojsisovics 1893 ceratite
Juvavites (Anatomites) edgari Mojsisovics 1893 ceratite
Juvavites (Anatomites) damesi Mojsisovics 1893 ceratite | |
"Juvavites (Anatomites) strongi n. sp." = Projuvavites strongi
"Juvavites (Anatomites) strongi n. sp." = Projuvavites strongi Smith 1927 ceratite | |
"Discotropites gemmellaroi" = Discotropites smithi, Discotropites theron, "Discotropites empedoclis" = Discotropites plinii, Microtropites tubercularis, "Tropites boehmi n. sp." = Margaritropites johnsoni, "Tropites traski n. sp." = Margaritropites johnsoni, Tropites welleri n. sp., Tropites schellwieni n. sp., Tropites keili, Tropites morani n. sp., Tropites rothpletzi n. sp., Tropites wodani, Tropites hessi n. sp., Tropites arthaberi, Tropites rotatorius n. sp., Tropites stearnsi n. sp.
"Discotropites gemmellaroi" = Discotropites smithi Kutassy 1933 ceratite
Discotropites theron Dittmar 1866 ceratite
"Discotropites empedoclis" = Discotropites plinii Mojsisovics 1893 ceratite
Microtropites tubercularis Mojsisovics 1893 ceratite
"Tropites boehmi n. sp." = Margaritropites johnsoni Smith 1927 ceratite
"Tropites traski n. sp." = Margaritropites johnsoni Smith 1927 ceratite
Tropites welleri n. sp. Smith 1927 ceratite
Tropites schellwieni n. sp. Smith 1927 ceratite
Tropites keili Mojsisovics 1893 ceratite
Tropites morani n. sp. Smith 1927 ceratite
Tropites rothpletzi n. sp. Smith 1927 ceratite
Tropites wodani Mojsisovics 1893 ceratite
Tropites hessi n. sp. Smith 1927 ceratite
Tropites arthaberi Smith 1927 ceratite
Tropites rotatorius n. sp. Smith 1927 ceratite
Tropites stearnsi n. sp. Smith 1927 ceratite | |
Metasibirites modestus n. sp. Smith 1927 ceratite
Metasibirites mojsvarensis n. sp. Smith 1927 ceratite
Metasibirites shastensis n. sp. Smith 1927 ceratite | |
Bivalvia | |
Posidonia madisonensis n. sp.
Posidonia madisonensis n. sp. Smith 1927 oyster | |
"Halobia ornatissima" = Halobia (Zittelihalobia) ornatissima, Halobia superba, Halobia cordillerana, Halobia gigantea
"Halobia ornatissima" = Halobia (Zittelihalobia) ornatissima Smith 1927 oyster
Halobia superba Mojsisovics 1874 oyster
Halobia cordillerana Smith 1927 oyster
Halobia gigantea Smith 1927 oyster | |
Crinoidea | |
Isocrinus californicus Clark and Twitchell 1915 Sea lily |