Old quarry at southwest end of Brock Mountain (Triassic of the United States)

Where: Shasta County, California (40.8° 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, Trachyceras subzone

• 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 144383: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 06.05.2013, edited by Catherine Powers

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Halobiidae
Halobia superba Mojsisovics 1874 oyster
 Cardiidia - Grammysiidae
? Cardiomorpha digglesi n. sp. Smith 1927 clam
Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
"Spirigera" milesi n. sp. Smith 1927
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
"Rhynchonella howardi n. sp." = Piarorhynchia howardi, "Rhynchonella winnemae n. sp." = Piarorhynchia winnemae, "Rhynchonella" richardsoni n. sp.
"Rhynchonella howardi n. sp." = Piarorhynchia howardi Smith 1927
"Rhynchonella winnemae n. sp." = Piarorhynchia winnemae Smith 1927
"Rhynchonella" richardsoni n. sp. Smith 1927
 Terebratulida - Angustothyrididae
"? Terebratula piriformis" = Rhaetina pyriformis
"? Terebratula piriformis" = Rhaetina pyriformis Suess 1854
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
""Dielasma" julicum" = Tibetothyris julica
""Dielasma" julicum" = Tibetothyris julica Bittner 1890