CIT loc. 1162, Modjeska Canyon, Santa Ana Mountains (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as loc. F24b of Schoellhamer et al., 1981; LACMIP loc. 10090; LACMIP loc. 24190; UCLA loc. 4190

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

• Paleocoordinates: 42.8° N, 80.0° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Turritella chicoensis other zone, Holz Shale Member (Ladd Formation), Middle Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• Ladd Fm., Holz Shale Member [Campanian, Turritella chicoensis assemblage].

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by W.P. Popenoe in 16, 1935; 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 220927: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 26.06.2021

Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
"Indogrammatodon sp." = Grammatodon (Indogrammatodon)1
"Indogrammatodon sp." = Grammatodon (Indogrammatodon)1 Cox 1937 clam
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris veatchii anae Smith 1945 clam
 Carditida - Astartidae
Eriphyla veatchii1 Gabb 1864 clam
Opis (Hesperopis) holzana n. sp.3 Squires and Saul 2009 clam
as "Opis n. sp. A"
 Trigoniida - Megatrigonioidae
Pterotrigonia evansana2 Meek 1864 clam
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella packardi1 Merriam 1941 turret shell
Turritella chicoensis Gabb 1864 turret shell