LACMIP 1285, McCloud Point (Permian of the United States)

Where: Shasta County, California (40.9° N, 122.2° W: paleocoordinates 16.2° N, 41.9° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: McCloud Limestone Formation, Wolfcampian (298.9 - 286.0 Ma)

• It is 600 feet (182.5 meters) stratigraphically above the base of the section. Fusulinid zone G.

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

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

Reposited in the LACM

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

• Fasciculate and cerioid rugose corals. Impossible to collect the cerioid 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 62668: authorized by Tom Olszewski, entered by Leigh Fall on 25.07.2006

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Kleopatrinidae
"Heritschioides gavini n. sp." = Shastalasma gavini
"Heritschioides gavini n. sp." = Shastalasma gavini Wilson 1982 horn coral