LACMIP loc. 22949, Williams Canyon, Santa Ana Mountains (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as CIT loc. loc. 83; LACMIP loc. 10095; UCLA loc. 2949

Where: Orange County, California (33.7° N, 117.6° W: paleocoordinates 39.4° N, 87.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Holz Member (Ladd Formation), Early/Lower Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• Ladd Formation, near top of upper Holz Shale Member, just below contact with Schulz Conglomerate Member. Age: Early Campanian

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified sandstone

• ENVIRONMENT: Not reported in text, but apparently shallow marine siliciclastic.
• LITHOLOGY: Sandstone. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of figured specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by B. N. Moore; W P. Popenoe and students in 1926; January 1953; reposited in the LACM

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: W. P. Popenoe. 1942. Upper Cretaceous formations and faunas of southern California. Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists 26(2):162-187 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 220366: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 24.05.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Includes multiple taxa reported in several publications; exhaustive for Ammonoidea. NOMENCLATURE: From authoritative publications, but comprising variable nomenclatural quality and species-resolution identifications.
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
"Glycymeris veatchii" = Glycymerita veatchii
"Glycymeris veatchii" = Glycymerita veatchii Gabb 1864 clam
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
"Cucullaea youngi" = Cucullaea (Idonearca) youngi
"Cucullaea youngi" = Cucullaea (Idonearca) youngi Waring 1917 clam
 Arcida - Arcidae
Trinacria cor Popenoe 1937 clam
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella cf. lomana3 Cooper 1894 clam
 Lucinida - Mactromyidae
Clisocolus cordatus Whiteaves 1879 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Flaventia lens" = Paraesa lens
"Flaventia lens" = Paraesa lens Gabb 1864 venus clam
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Cymbophora gabbiana Anderson 1902 clam
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Panope californica Packard 1922 clam
questionable occurrence
 Trigoniida - Megatrigonioidae
"Trigonia cf. evansana" = Pterotrigonia evansana
"Trigonia cf. evansana" = Pterotrigonia evansana Meek 1864 clam
Scaphopoda
  -
Dentalium whiteavesi Anderson and Hanna 1935 tusk shell
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Baculitidae
Baculites inornatus1 Meek 1862 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Diplomoceratidae
? Pseudoxybeloceras lineatum1 Gabb 1869 ammonite
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella chicoensis Gabb 1864 turret shell
as ssp. Turritella chicoensis perrini
 Pseudomelanoidea - Pseudomelaniidae
Paosia pentzensis4 Squires and Saul 2004 snail
"might be"
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
"Euspira shumardiana" = Polinices shumardianus
"Euspira shumardiana" = Polinices shumardianus Gabb 1864 moon snail
 Neogastropoda - Perissityidae
? Pseudocymia cahalli2 Popenoe and Saul 1987 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Capulidae
"Lysis californiensis" = Lysis suciensis
"Lysis californiensis" = Lysis suciensis Whiteaves 1879 snail
 Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
"Oligoptycha obliqua" = Biplica obliqua
"Oligoptycha obliqua" = Biplica obliqua Gabb 1864 snail