UCLA loc. 2785, North Fork of Cottonwood Creek (Cretaceous to of the United States)

Also known as LACMIP loc. 22785

Where: Shasta County, California (40.5° N, 122.6° W: paleocoordinates 39.6° N, 72.0° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Simbirskites (Hollisites) aguila ammonoid zone, Ogo Member (Budden Canyon Formation), Hauterivian to Hauterivian (132.9 - 125.5 Ma)

• stages based on Fernando, et al., 2011

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by M. A. Murphy in 1951 - 1953; reposited in the LACM

Primary reference: M. A. Murphy. 1956. Lower Cretaceous stratigraphic units of Northern California. Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists 40(9):2098-2119 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 216291: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 10.12.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Lytoceratidae
Lytoceras aulaeum Anderson 1938 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Polyptychitidae
"Neocraspedites aguila" = Hertleinites aguila
"Neocraspedites aguila" = Hertleinites aguila Anderson 1938 ammonite
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Potamididae
Potamides diadema Gabb 1864 horn snail
 Neogastropoda - Paladmetidae
Paladmete perforata Gabb 1864 snail
questionably occurrence
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Tessarolax gabbi Saul and Squires 2015 snail
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
Turbo festivus Anderson 1938 snail
Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
"Nucula gabbi" = Leionucula gabbi
"Nucula gabbi" = Leionucula gabbi Stanton 1895 nut clam
 Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
Pleuromya papyracea Gabb 1869 clam
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Inoceramus ovatoides Anderson 1938 clam
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula variata Gabb 1864 scallop
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna pontica Anderson 1938 oyster
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
"Parallelodon brewerianus" = Nanonavis breweriana
"Parallelodon brewerianus" = Nanonavis breweriana Gabb 1864 clam
misspelled as "Parallelodon breweriana"