UCR loc. 687, Huling Creek (Cretaceous of the United States)

Where: Shasta County, California (40.5° N, 122.6° W: paleocoordinates 40.6° N, 76.2° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Brewericeras hulenense ammonoid zone, Chickabally Member (Budden Canyon Formation), Early/Lower Albian (112.0 - 109.0 Ma)

• Upper Chickabally Member of the Budden Canyon Formation (formerly upper Horsetown Beds), Great Valley Group and is from the base of the Brewericeras hulenense Zone, of late Early Albian age (Murphy, 1956; Murphy et al., 1969).

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone

• isolated outcrop of a distinctive sandy bed (probably a debris flow)

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the CAS

Primary reference: M. R. Sandy, M. A. Murphy, and P. U. Rodda. 1995. Dzirulina (Brachiopoda; Terebratellidina) from California, U.S.A.—Additional record of an Early Cretaceous transatlantic brachiopod genus. Journal of Paleontology 69(5):838-845 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 214414: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 29.09.2020

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida -
Terebratulida indet. Waagen 1883
"three specimens of a large uniplicate terebratulid brachiopod with pallial markings suggestive of Moutonithyris"
 Terebratulida - Kingenidae
Dzirulina ovula Anderson 1938
Bivalvia
  -
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
"indeterminate bivalve"
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya russelli Anderson 1938 clam
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostreidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 oyster
"Ostreid bivalves"
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia sp. Linnaeus 1758 jingle
 Pectinida -
Pectinoidea indet. Rafinesque 1815 scallop
"Pectinoid bivalves"
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea sp. Lamarck 1801 clam
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
"Parallelodon (Nanonavis) brewerianus" = Nanonavis breweriana
"Parallelodon (Nanonavis) brewerianus" = Nanonavis breweriana Gabb 1864 clam
as "Nanonavis breweri"
Cephalopoda
 Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae
Phylloceratidae indet. Zittel 1884 ammonite
"Phylloceratids"
 Ammonitida - Tetragonitidae
Eotetragonites gainesi Anderson 1938 ammonite
misspelled as "Eotetragonites gainsei"
 Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae
Brewericeras hulenense Anderson 1938 ammonite
"Desmoceras latidorsatum" = Desmoceras (Desmoceras) latidorsatum Michelin 1838 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Douvilleiceratidae
Douvilleiceras mammillatum Schlotheim 1813 ammonite
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
"indeterminate gastropod"