Where: Shasta County, California (40.9° N, 122.3° W: paleocoordinates 16.1° N, 42.0° W)
• coordinate stated in text
When: McCloud Limestone Formation, Wolfcampian (298.9 - 286.0 Ma)
• Basal 100 feet (30 meters) of the McCloud Bridge West Section. Fusulinid zone A.
Environment/lithology: marine; limestone and cherty/siliceous limestone
Reposited in the LACM
Collection methods: peel or thin section,
• Fasciculate rugose corals.
Primary reference: E. C. Wilson. 1982. Wolfcampian rugose and tabulate corals (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) from the Lower Permian McCloud Limestone of northern California. Contributions in Science, National History Museum of Los Angeles County 337:1-90 [T. Olszewski/L. Fall]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 62611: authorized by Tom Olszewski, entered by Leigh Fall on 24.07.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
"Heritschioides" carneyi n. sp.
"Heritschioides" carneyi n. sp. Wilson 1982 horn coral | |
Neomultithecopora sandoi n. sp.
Neomultithecopora sandoi n. sp. Wilson 1982 tabulate coral |