CIT loc. 1209, Salt Creek, Redding area (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as LACMIP loc. 10771

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

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• Redding Formation, Bellavista Sandstone Member. Turonian.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Popenoe and Ahlroth in 1936; reposited in the LACM

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: D. L. Jones, W. V. Sliter, and W. P. Popenoe. 1978. Mid-Cretaceous (Albian to Turonian) biostratigraphy of northern California. Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Nice 4:1-13 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 222080: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 08.09.2021

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Trigoniida - Megatrigonioidae
Pterotrigonia klamathonia Anderson 1958 clam
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
"Glycymeris pacificus" = Glycymeris pacifica
"Glycymeris pacificus" = Glycymeris pacifica Anderson 1902 clam
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea malleiformis Gabb 1864 oyster
Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Acteonellidae
"Acteonella oviformis" = Actaeonella oviformis
"Acteonella oviformis" = Actaeonella oviformis Gabb 1869 snail
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
Ampullina pseudoalveata Packard 1922 snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
"Glauconia robusta" = Turritella robusta
"Glauconia robusta" = Turritella robusta Gabb 1864 turret shell
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Drilluta jacksonensis Anderson 1958 snail
Drilluta sicca Saul and Popenoe 1993 snail