CIT Loc. 1200, Stinking Creek, Redding area (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as LACMIP loc. 10808

Where: Shasta County, California (40.7° N, 122.2° W: paleocoordinates 43.4° N, 84.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified siltstone

• ENVIRONMENT: Not reported in text, but apparently shallow marine siliciclastic.
• LITHOLOGY: Shale. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of figured specimens.

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 222102: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 09.09.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
"Cucullaea gravida" = Cucullaea (Idonearca) gravida
"Cucullaea gravida" = Cucullaea (Idonearca) gravida Gabb 1864 clam
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea malleiformis
Ostrea malleiformis Gabb 1864 oyster
 Trigoniida - Megatrigonioidae
Pterotrigonia klamathonia
Pterotrigonia klamathonia Anderson 1958 clam
 Cardiida - Tancrediidae
Meekia takeoana
Meekia takeoana Saul and Popenoe 1962 clam
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
Tenea sp.
Tenea sp. Conrad 1870 clam
Gastropoda
 Pseudomelanoidea - Pseudomelaniidae
"? Oonia californica" = Paosia californica
"? Oonia californica" = Paosia californica Gabb 1864 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Paskentanidae
Atresius liratus
Atresius liratus Gabb 1869 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
"Anchura condoniana" = Anchura (Helicaulax) condoniana, "Arrhoges californicus" = Latiala californica
"Anchura condoniana" = Anchura (Helicaulax) condoniana Anderson 1902 snail
"Arrhoges californicus" = Latiala californica Gabb 1864 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
"Gyrodes dowelli" = Gyrodes (Gyrodes) dowelli, "Gyrodes conradiana" = Natica (Gyrodes) conradiana
"Gyrodes dowelli" = Gyrodes (Gyrodes) dowelli White 1889 moon snail
"Gyrodes conradiana" = Natica (Gyrodes) conradiana Gabb 1864 moon snail
 Heterostropha - Acteonidae
Acteon politus
Acteon politus Gabb 1869 snail
 Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Biplica isoplicata
Biplica isoplicata Popenoe 1957 snail