PBDB Collection

US Fisheries, Baird (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Shasta County, California (40.8° N, 122.3° W: paleocoordinates 2.5° N, 53.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Baird Formation, Mississippian (358.9 - 323.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; black, cherty/siliceous shale

• "black metamorphic siliceous shales, in places calcareous and occasionally sandy" (Smith 1894)

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by J. P. Smith, C. A. White

Primary reference: J. P. Smith. 1894. The Metamorphic Series of Shasta County, California. Journal of Geology 2(6):588-612 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 214521: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 05.10.2020

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
Stauriida - Aulophyllidae	Clisiophyllum gabbi Clisiophyllum gabbi Meek 1864 horn coral
Stauriida - Kleopatrinidae	"Lithostrotion californiense" = Paraheritschioides californiense "Lithostrotion californiense" = Paraheritschioides californiense Meek 1864 horn coral
Stauriida - Durhaminidae	"Lithostrotion sublaeve" = Durhamina sublaeve "Lithostrotion sublaeve" = Durhamina sublaeve Meek 1864 horn coral
Crinoidea
-	Crinoidea indet. Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Gastropoda
Murchisoniina - Loxonematidae	Loxonema sp. Loxonema sp. Phillips 1841 snail
Murchisoniina - Palaeozygopleuridae	"Loxonema cf. delphicola" = Palaeozygopleura delphicola "Loxonema cf. delphicola" = Palaeozygopleura delphicola Hall 1860 snail
Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae	"Pleurotomaria aff. capillaria" = Dictyotomaria capillaria "Pleurotomaria aff. capillaria" = Dictyotomaria capillaria Conrad 1842 snail
Murchisoniina - Murchisoniidae	Murchisonia sp. Murchisonia sp. d'Archiac and de Verneuil 1841 snail
Bellerophontida - Tropidodiscidae	"Bellerophon cyrtolites" = Vorticina cyrtolites "Bellerophon cyrtolites" = Vorticina cyrtolites Hall 1858 snail
Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae	"Bellerophon cf. galericulatus" = Euphemites galericulatus "Bellerophon cf. galericulatus" = Euphemites galericulatus Winchell 1862 snail
Euomphalina - Euomphalidae	Euomphalus sp., Euomphalus cf. luxus Euomphalus sp. Sowerby 1814 snail Euomphalus cf. luxus Hall 1859 snail
Euomphalina - Platyceratidae	Cyclonema sp. Cyclonema sp. Hall 1852 snail
Bivalvia
Trigoniida - Schizodidae	Schizodus chemungensis, Schizodus curtiformis, Schizodus deparcus, Schizodus pintoensis Schizodus chemungensis clam Schizodus curtiformis clam Schizodus deparcus Walcott 1884 clam Schizodus pintoensis Walcott 1884 clam
Carditida - Astartidae	? Astartella sp. ? Astartella sp. Hall 1858 clam
Cardiidia - Sanguinolitidae	Sanguinolites cf. clavulus Sanguinolites cf. clavulus clam
Cardiidia - Grammysiidae	Sphenotus rigidus, Sphenotus cf. valvulus, "Sanguinolites aeolus" = Sphenotus aeolus, Prothyris meeki, Cardiomorpha sp., Grammysia famelica, Grammysia arcuata Sphenotus rigidus clam Sphenotus cf. valvulus clam "Sanguinolites aeolus" = Sphenotus aeolus Hall and Whitfield 1869 clam Prothyris meeki clam Cardiomorpha sp. de Koninck 1844 clam Grammysia famelica clam Grammysia arcuata Conrad 1841 clam
Pholadomyida - Edmondiidae	Edmondia sp., Edmondia medon, Allorisma sp., Allorisma cf. consanguinatum, Allorisma cf. costatum Edmondia sp. de Koninck 1841 clam Edmondia medon Walcott 1884 clam Allorisma sp. King 1844 clam Allorisma cf. consanguinatum clam Allorisma cf. costatum Meek and Worthen 1869 clam
Solenida - Solenomorphidae	? Promacrus sp. ? Promacrus sp. clam
Modiomorphida - Carydiidae	"Nucula insularis" = Carydium insularis "Nucula insularis" = Carydium insularis Walcott 1884 clam
Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae	"Palaeanatina cf. typa" = Palanatina, Modiomorpha cf. desiderata "Palaeanatina cf. typa" = Palanatina clam Modiomorpha cf. desiderata Walcott 1884 clam
Cardiida - Kalenteridae	Pleurophorus meeki Pleurophorus meeki Walcott 1884 clam
Arcida - Parallelodontidae	"Macrodon cf. tenuistriatus" = Parallelodon tenuistriatus, "Macrodon hamilonae" = Parallelodon "Macrodon cf. tenuistriatus" = Parallelodon tenuistriatus Meek and Worthen 1866 clam "Macrodon hamilonae" = Parallelodon clam
Ostreida - Pinnidae	? Pinna sp., ? Aviculopinna sp. ? Pinna sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster ? Aviculopinna sp. Meek 1864 oyster
Ostreida - Pterineidae	Pterinea pintoensis, Actinopteria aff. boydi, Leptodesma cf. protextum, Leptodesma cf. spinigerum Pterinea pintoensis Walcott 1884 oyster Actinopteria aff. boydi Conrad 1842 oyster Leptodesma cf. protextum oyster Leptodesma cf. spinigerum Conrad 1842 oyster
Pectinida - Pterinopectinidae	Pterinopecten vertumnus Pterinopecten vertumnus scallop
Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae	Aviculopecten cf. carboniferus, Aviculopecten cf. affinis, Aviculopecten peroccidens, "Crenipecten crenistriatus" = Aviculopecten crenistriatus Aviculopecten cf. carboniferus scallop Aviculopecten cf. affinis Walcott 1884 scallop Aviculopecten peroccidens Walcott 1884 scallop "Crenipecten crenistriatus" = Aviculopecten crenistriatus Meek 1871 scallop
Pectinida - Annuliconchidae	"Aviculopecten interlineatus" = Annuliconcha interlineata "Aviculopecten interlineatus" = Annuliconcha interlineata Meek and Worthen 1860 scallop
Pectinida - Streblochondriidae	Streblopteria similis Streblopteria similis scallop
Pectinida - Euchondriidae	Crenipecten winchelli Crenipecten winchelli scallop
Cephalopoda
Nautilida - Nautilidae	Nautilus sp. Nautilus sp. Linnaeus 1758 nautiloid
Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae	Orthoceras sp. Orthoceras sp. Breynius 1832
Rostroconchia
Conocardiida - Hippocardiidae	"Conocardium cf. pulchellum" = Hippocardia pulchellum "Conocardium cf. pulchellum" = Hippocardia pulchellum White and Whitfield 1862
Conocardiida - Conocardiidae	"Conocardium alternistriatum" = Aphelakardia alternistriata "Conocardium alternistriatum" = Aphelakardia alternistriata Herrick 1888
Scaphopoda
Dentaliida - Dentaliidae	Dentalium sp. Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell
Strophomenata
Productida - Productellidae	Productus sp., "Productus subaculeatus" = Productella subaculeata, "Productus giganteus" = Gigantella giganteus Productus sp. "Productus subaculeatus" = Productella subaculeata Murchison 1840 "Productus giganteus" = Gigantella giganteus Sowerby 1822
Productida - Productidae	"Productus semireticulatus" = Dictyoclostus semireticulatus, "Productus burlingtonensis" = Dictyoclostus burlingtonensis "Productus semireticulatus" = Dictyoclostus semireticulatus Martin 1809 "Productus burlingtonensis" = Dictyoclostus burlingtonensis Hall 1858 as Productus flemingi var. burlingtonensis (Hall 1858)
Productida - Echinoconchidae	"Productus punctatus" = Echinoconchus punctatus, "Productus cf. nebrascensis" = Parajuresania nebrascensis "Productus punctatus" = Echinoconchus punctatus Martin 1809 "Productus cf. nebrascensis" = Parajuresania nebrascensis Owen 1852
Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae	"Chonetes loganensis" = Nix loganensis "Chonetes loganensis" = Nix loganensis Hall and Whitfield 1877
Orthotetida - Orthotetidae	"Streptorhynchus cf. crenistria" = Orthothetes crenistria "Streptorhynchus cf. crenistria" = Orthothetes crenistria Phillips 1836
Rhynchonellata
Spiriferinida - Spiriferellinidae	"Spiriferina cristata" = Spiriferellina cristata "Spiriferina cristata" = Spiriferellina cristata von Schlotheim 1816
Orthida - Rhipidomellidae	"Orthis michelini" = Rhipidomella michelini "Orthis michelini" = Rhipidomella michelini L'Eveille 1835
Spiriferida - Spiriferidae	Spirifer striatus, Spirifer centronatus Spirifer striatus Martin 1809 Spirifer centronatus Shimer 1926
Spiriferida - Reticulariidae	"Spirifer lineatus" = Reticularia lineata "Spirifer lineatus" = Reticularia lineata Martin 1809
Athyridida - Retziidae	Retzia radialis Retzia radialis Phillips 1836
Athyridida - Athyrididae	"Spirigera sp." = Athyris (Spirigera), Athyris lamellosa, "Athyris subtilita" = Composita subtilita, "Athyris hirsuta" = Cleiothyridina hirsuta "Spirigera sp." = Athyris (Spirigera) Athyris lamellosa Léveillé 1835 "Athyris subtilita" = Composita subtilita Hall 1852 "Athyris hirsuta" = Cleiothyridina hirsuta Hall 1857
Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae	"Terebratula hastata" = Dielasma virgoides "Terebratula hastata" = Dielasma virgoides M'Coy 1844
Rhynchonellida - Stenoscismatidae	"Rhynchonella thera" = Coledium therum, "Camarophoria sp." = Stenoscisma, Camarophoria cooperensis "Rhynchonella thera" = Coledium therum Walcott 1884 "Camarophoria sp." = Stenoscisma Conrad 1839 Camarophoria cooperensis Shumard 1855
Lingulata
Lingulida - Lingulidae	"Lingula mytiloides" = Lingula carbonaria "Lingula mytiloides" = Lingula carbonaria Shumard and Swallow 1858
Discinida - Disciniidae	Discina sp. Discina sp. Lamarck
Stenolaemata
Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae	Fenestella sp. Fenestella sp. Lonsdale 1839
Rhabdomesida - Rhomboporidae	Rhombopora sp. Rhombopora sp. Meek 1872
Trilobita
Proetida - Phillipsiidae	"Proetus ellipticus" = Elliptophillipsia ellipticus "Proetus ellipticus" = Elliptophillipsia ellipticus Meek and Worthen 1865 trilobite