Where: Shasta County, California (40.8° N, 122.2° W: paleocoordinates 12.0° N, 43.7° W)
• coordinate stated in text
When: C Member (McCloud Formation), Asselian (298.9 - 295.5 Ma)
• An estimated 150 feet (45.7 meters) stratigraphically above D-803. Fusulinid zone C.
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, black limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the UCMP
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: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 62664: authorized by Tom Olszewski, entered by Leigh Fall on 25.07.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
"Heritschioides skinneri n. sp." = Shastalasma woodi
"Heritschioides skinneri n. sp." = Shastalasma woodi Wilson and Langenheim 1962 horn coral |