CIT loc. 1054, Aliso Creek (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as LACMIP loc. 10723 (Squires and Saul 2003); erroneously listed as LACMIP loc. 10793 (Elder and Saul 1996)

Where: Orange County, California (33.7° N, 117.6° W: paleocoordinates 39.4° N, 87.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Holz Shale Member (Ladd Formation), Early/Lower Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• Late early Campanian, upper part of Holz Shale

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified shale

• Shale beds overlying conglomerate lens

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by W.P. Popenoe in 1934; reposited in the LACM

Primary reference: W. P. Popenoe. 1942. Upper Cretaceous formations and faunas of southern California. Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists 26(2):162-187 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 185171: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 14.04.2017, edited by Jonathan Marcot

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella chicoensis Gabb 1864 turret shell
Turritella ossa Popenoe 1937 turret shell
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
Ampullina packardi n. sp.2 Popenoe 1937 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Anchura phaba1 Elder and Saul 1996 snail
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Volutoderma averillii Gabb 1864 volute
Volutoderma santana Packard 1922 volute
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
"Fulgur hilgardi" = Pentzia hilgardi
"Fulgur hilgardi" = Pentzia hilgardi White 1889 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
"Euspira shumardiana" = Polinices shumardianus
"Euspira shumardiana" = Polinices shumardianus Gabb 1864 moon snail
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
"Cucullaea youngi" = Cucullaea (Idonearca) youngi
"Cucullaea youngi" = Cucullaea (Idonearca) youngi Waring 1917 clam
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
"Glycymeris veatchii" = Glycymerita veatchii
"Glycymeris veatchii" = Glycymerita veatchii Gabb 1864 clam
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
"Parallelodon brewerianus" = Nanonavis breweriana
"Parallelodon brewerianus" = Nanonavis breweriana Gabb 1864 clam
 Trigoniida - Megatrigonioidae
"Trigonia cf. evansana" = Pterotrigonia evansana
"Trigonia cf. evansana" = Pterotrigonia evansana Meek 1864 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Flaventia lens" = Paraesa lens
"Flaventia lens" = Paraesa lens Gabb 1864 venus clam
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
Etea angulata Packard 1922 clam