Secret Creek l.f. (Pliocene of the United States)

Where: Lassen County, California (40.5° N, 120.3° W: paleocoordinates 40.7° N, 119.5° W)

When: Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandstone

• interbedded lithic sandstones, gray vitric tuffs, light colored siltstones with lesser diatomites

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: based on two unspecified localities in the UCMP and CAS

Primary reference: H. M. Wagner, C. B. Hanson, E. P. Gustafson, K. W. Gobalet, and D. P. Whistler. 1997. Biogeography of the Pliocene and Pleistocene vertebrate faunas of Northeastern California and their temporal significance to the development of the Modoc Plateau and Klamath Mountain Region. San Bernardino County Museum Association Quarterly 44(1):13-21 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 234661: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 27.04.2024

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Onchorhynchus sp., Pinnularia sp., Anomoeonemis costata, Cycotella kuetzingiana, Cycotella cf. ocellata, Navicula sp., Pinnularia cf. microstauron
Actinopteri
 Cypriniformes - Catostomidae
Chasmistes sp.
Chasmistes sp. Jordan 1878 carp-like fish
 Cypriniformes - Cyprinidae
Acrocheilus sp., Ptychocheilus sp.
Acrocheilus sp. Agassiz 1855 carp-like fish
Ptychocheilus sp. Agassiz 1855 carp-like fish
Aves
 Anseriformes - Anatidae
Anas sp.
Anas sp. Linnaeus 1758 dabbling duck
Bacillariophyceae
 Naviculales - Diploneidaceae
Diploneis cf. ovalis
 Achnanthales - Cocconeidaceae
Cocconeis placentula, Cocconeis cf. andancensis
 Thalassiophysales - Catenulaceae
Amphora sp.
Amphora sp. Kützing 1844 diatom
 Fragilariales - Fragilariaceae
Fragilaria constuens, Opephora sp., Synedra cf. indica
Opephora sp. Petit 1888 diatom
 Melosirales - Melosiraceae
Melosira granulata