UCLA loc. 3635, Chico Creek (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as LACMIP loc. 23635

Where: Butte County, California (39.9° N, 121.7° W: paleocoordinates 47.2° N, 90.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Tenmile Member (Chico Formation), Early/Lower Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by L.R. Saul, R.B. Saul in 1952; reposited in the LACM

Primary reference: W. P. Elder and L. R. Saul. 1996. Taxonomy and biostratigraphy of Coniacian through Maastrichtian Anchura (Gastropoda; Aporrhaiidae) of the North American Pacific slope. Journal of Paleontology 70(3):381-399 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 3888: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 11.08.1999, edited by Jonathan Marcot

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Calva (Egelicalva) buttensis2
Calva (Egelicalva) buttensis2 Anderson 1958 venus clam
Gastropoda
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
Belliscala meta n. sp.4, Acirsa delta n. sp.4, Confusiscala newcombii4
Belliscala meta n. sp.4 Squires and Saul 2003 wentletrap
LACMIP loc. 23635
Acirsa delta n. sp.4 Squires and Saul 2003 wentletrap
Confusiscala newcombii4 Squires and Saul 2003 wentletrap
 Cerithioidea - Melanopsidae
Boggsia tenuis3
Boggsia tenuis3 Gabb 1864 snail
as LACMIP loc. 23635
 Neogastropoda - Perissityidae
Perissitys cf. brevirostris1
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Anchura callosa
Anchura callosa Whiteaves 1903 snail
1Popenoe and Saul 1987; 2Saul and Popenoe 1992; 3Squires and Saul 1997; 4Squires and Saul 2003