UCLA loc. 3073, East Fork of Huling Creek (Cretaceous to of the United States)

Also known as LACMIP loc. 23073

Where: Shasta County, California (40.5° N, 122.6° W: paleocoordinates 40.8° N, 74.1° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Leconteites lecontei ammonoid zone, Chickabilly Member (Budden Canyon Formation), Late/Upper Aptian to Late/Upper Aptian (122.5 - 109.0 Ma)

• Upper Chickabilly Member of the Budden Canyon Formation

•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 216371: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 10.12.2020

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Tetragonitidae
"Gaudryceras aurarium" = Anagaudryceras aurarium
"Gaudryceras aurarium" = Anagaudryceras aurarium Anderson 1938 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Silesitidae
Silesites puzosiaformis Anderson 1938 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae
"Sonneratia mulleri" = Leconteites lecontei
"Sonneratia mulleri" = Leconteites lecontei Anderson 1902 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Douvilleiceratidae
Douvilleiceras cf. mammillatum Schlotheim 1813 ammonite