CIT loc. 1445, Little Cow Creek, Redding area (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as LACMIP loc. 17812

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

• coordinate estimated from map

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

• Bellavista Sandstone Member

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

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 222098: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 09.09.2021

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella hearni Merriam 1941 turret shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
"Gyrodes dowelli" = Gyrodes (Gyrodes) dowelli
"Gyrodes dowelli" = Gyrodes (Gyrodes) dowelli White 1889 moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
"Anchura condoniana" = Anchura (Helicaulax) condoniana Anderson 1902 snail
Gymnarus manubriatus Gabb 1864 snail
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
"Cucullaea gravida" = Cucullaea (Idonearca) gravida
"Cucullaea gravida" = Cucullaea (Idonearca) gravida Gabb 1864 clam
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea malleiformis Gabb 1864 oyster
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Willimactra putida Saul 1973 clam