LACMIP loc. 10773, Salt Creek (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as CIT loc. 1217

Where: Shasta County, California (40.7° N, 122.2° W: paleocoordinates 43.4° N, 84.6° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Bellavista Member (Redding Formation), Turonian (93.9 - 89.8 Ma)

• Bellavista Sandstone Member

Environment/lithology: marine; massive sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by W. P. Popenoe and Ahlroth in July, 1936; reposited in the LACM

Primary reference: L. R. Saul and R. L. Squires. 1997. New species of neritid gastropods from Cretaceous and Lower Cenozoic strata of the Pacific Slope of North America. The Veliger 40(2):131-147 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 220299: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 19.05.2021

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Acteonellidae
"Acteonella oviformis" = Actaeonella oviformis Gabb 1869 snail
Acteonella frazierensis Anderson 1958 snail
 Neritoidea - Neritidae
Nerita salsa n. sp.
Nerita salsa n. sp. Saul and Squires 1997 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Gymnarus manubriatus Gabb 1864 snail
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Calva regina" = Calva (Calva) regina
"Calva regina" = Calva (Calva) regina Popenoe 1937 venus clam
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
Trigonarca sp., "Glycymeris pacificus" = Glycymeris pacifica
Trigonarca sp. Conrad 1862 clam
"Glycymeris pacificus" = Glycymeris pacifica Anderson 1902 clam