CIT loc. 1055, Aliso Creek (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as LACMIP loc. 10724

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

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified shale

• Shale beds overlying conglomerate lens

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by W.P. Popenoe in 1934; reposited in the LACM

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 220929: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 26.06.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
"Parallelodon brewerianus" = Nanonavis breweriana
"Parallelodon brewerianus" = Nanonavis breweriana Gabb 1864 clam
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
"Cucullaea youngi" = Cucullaea (Idonearca) youngi
"Cucullaea youngi" = Cucullaea (Idonearca) youngi Waring 1917 clam
 Trigoniida - Megatrigonioidae
"Trigonia cf. evansana" = Pterotrigonia evansana
"Trigonia cf. evansana" = Pterotrigonia evansana Meek 1864 clam
 Carditida - Astartidae
Opis (Hesperopis) anae Squires and Saul 2009 clam
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
Etea angulata Packard 1922 clam
Tenea inflata Gabb 1864 clam
(large variety)
Gastropoda
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
Ampullina packardi Popenoe 1937 snail
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Volutoderma santana Packard 1922 volute
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
"Euspira shumardiana" = Polinices shumardianus
"Euspira shumardiana" = Polinices shumardianus Gabb 1864 moon snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella chicoensis Gabb 1864 turret shell