Rugosochonetes association, Bragdon and Baird Fms. (Carboniferous to of the United States)

Where: Shasta County, California (40.9° N, 121.7° W: paleocoordinates 7.5° N, 47.4° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Bragdon and Baird Formation, Chesterian to Chesterian (335.5 - 298.9 Ma)

• "uppermost Mississippian (probably Pennsylvannian). Bragdon and Baird Fms."

• group-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; calcareous siltstone

• "thin bedded calcareous sltst. low energy, subtidal, low turbidity; slow rate of deposition (BA4?)"

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. Watkins. 1973. Carboniferous Faunal Associations and Stratigraphy, Shasta County, Northern California. AAPG Bulletin 57(9):1743-1764 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 589: authorized by Jack Sepkoski, entered by Mike Sommers on 21.01.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• "Watkins, 1973"
unclassified
  -
Acanthocladidae indet.
acanthocladiid
Crinoidea
  -
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
crinozoa
Strophomenata
 Productida - Productidae
 Productida - Productellidae
Krotovia sp., Semicostella sp., "Lissomarginifera sp." = Eomarginifera
Krotovia sp. Fredericks 1928
"Lissomarginifera sp." = Eomarginifera Muir-Wood 1930
 Productida - Echinoconchidae
Karavankina sp. Ramovs 1966
originally entered as "Karavankia sp."
 Productida - Linoproductidae
 Productida - Monticuliferidae
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Schuchertella sp. Girty 1904
 Strophomenida -
Strophomenida indet. Opik 1934
dictyoclostid
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Rugosochonetes sp. Sokolskaja 1950
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida -
Spiriferida indet. Waagen 1883
spiriferacean
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
 Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Crurithyris sp. George 1931
 Spiriferida - Verneuiliidae
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Cleiothyridina sp. Buckman 1906
 Athyridida - Neoretziidae
Hustedia sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
 Spiriferinida - Spiriferinidae
Spiriferinidae indet. Davidson 1884
spiriferinid
 Spiriferinida - Reticulariinidae
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchoporidae
Rhynchopora sp. King 1865
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
Rhynchonellidae indet. Gray 1848
stenoscimatacean - originally entered as "Rhynchonellida indet."
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Schizophoria sp. King 1850
Orthotichia sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Stenolaemata
 Cystoporida - Sulcoreteporidae
Sulcoreteporidae indet. Bassler 1935
sulcoreteporid
 Fenestrata -
Fenestrata indet. Elias and Condra 1957
type 1 and type 2 [?]
 Cryptostomata -
Cryptostomata indet. Vine 1884
rhabdomesid
Cephalopoda
 Nautiloidea -
Nautiloidea indet. Agassiz 1847 nautiloid
nautiloid
Scaphopoda
  -
Scaphopoda indet. Bronn 1862 tusk shell
scaphopod
Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida -
Bellerophontida indet. Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
bellerophontacean
 Streptoneura -
Archaeogastropoda indet. Thiele 1925 snail
pleuritomariacean
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Neilsonia sp. Thomas 1940 snail
 Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae
Euconospira sp. Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
 Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
Euomphalus sp. Sowerby 1814 snail
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Polidevciidae
Polidevcia sp. Tschernyschev 1943 clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nuculavus sp. Tschernyschev 1943 nut clam
 Pectinida - Annuliconchidae
Annuliconcha sp. Newell 1938 scallop
 Pectinida - Heteropectinidae
Etheripecten sp. Waterhouse 1963 scallop
 Pectinida - Streblochondriidae
Streblochondria sp. Newell 1938 scallop
Streblopteria sp. McCoy 1851 scallop
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Pernopecten sp. Winchell 1865 scallop
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
Pterineidae indet. Miller 1877 oyster
pterineid
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Parallelodon sp. Meek and Worthen 1866 clam
Trilobita
 Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Paladin sp. Weller 1936 trilobite
Scyphozoa
 Conulariida -
Conulariida indet. Miller and Gurley 1896 jellyfish
conularid
Anthozoa
 Rugosa -
Rugosa indet. horn coral
solitary tetracoral
Foraminifera
 Foraminiferida -
"Foraminiferida indet." = Foraminifera
"Foraminiferida indet." = Foraminifera Eichwald 1830 foram
forams