UCMP D-821, McCloud Bridge East (Permian of the United States)

Also known as LACMIP 1132

Where: Shasta County, California (40.9° N, 122.3° W: paleocoordinates 12.1° N, 43.7° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: B Member (McCloud Formation), Asselian (298.9 - 295.5 Ma)

• Wide bench below sheer cliff 410 feet (125 meters) stratigraphically above D-819. Fusulinid zone B.

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone and cherty/siliceous limestone

• Clear, shallow, warm marine water with full access to the open sea.
• Lithologic information from stratigraphic columns in Fig. 2 of monograph.

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the UCMP

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

• Fusulinids, solitary rugose corals, syringoporid corals, brachiopods, bryozoans, bivalves.

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 62655: authorized by Tom Olszewski, entered by Leigh Fall on 25.07.2006

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Auloporida - Multithecoporidae
Neomultithecopora sandoi n. sp.
Neomultithecopora sandoi n. sp. Wilson 1982 tabulate coral
 Stauriida - Bothrophyllidae
Gshelia americana n. sp.
Gshelia americana n. sp. Wilson 1982 horn coral