CIT loc. 1056, Santiago Canyon, Santa Ana Mountains (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as LACMIP loc. 10880

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

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pleasants Member (Williams Formation), Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Pleasants Sandstone, for which lithostratigraphic relationships are not discussed. AGE: Upper Campanian in text; on the basis of ammonite biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Not stated in text.

• 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 Popenoe in 1933; reposited in the LACM

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: Popenoe, 1933. REPOSITORY: California Institute of Technology (at the time).

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 220906: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 25.06.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
"Cucullaea youngi" = Cucullaea (Idonearca) youngi
"Cucullaea youngi" = Cucullaea (Idonearca) youngi Waring 1917 clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Brachidontes bifurcatus Popenoe 1937 mussel
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Flaventia lens" = Paraesa lens, "Trigonocallista bowersiana" = Calva (Egelicalva) bowersiana
"Flaventia lens" = Paraesa lens Gabb 1864 venus clam
"Trigonocallista bowersiana" = Calva (Egelicalva) bowersiana Cooper 1894 venus clam
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Cymbophora ashburnerii Gabb 1864 clam
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
"Margarites ornatissima" = Atira ornatissima
"Margarites ornatissima" = Atira ornatissima Gabb 1864 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Gyrodes expansa Gabb 1864 moon snail
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
"Fulgur hilgardi" = Pentzia hilgardi
"Fulgur hilgardi" = Pentzia hilgardi White 1889 snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella chicoensis Gabb 1864 turret shell
as ssp. Turritella chicoensis perrini
 Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
"Oligoptycha obliqua" = Biplica obliqua
"Oligoptycha obliqua" = Biplica obliqua Gabb 1864 snail